Businesses Face $100,000 Fines in Western Australia Amid Vaccine Mandates

Businesses Face $100,000 Fines in Western Australia Amid Vaccine Mandates
Members of the public wait to be vaccinated at a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Midland, an eastern suburb of Perth, Australia on Sep. 9, 2021. Western Australia currently has the lowest percentage of people double-vaccinated in the country. AAP Image/Richard Wainwright
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Over a million West Australians will need to be fully vaccinated by the end of January, with sweeping new mandates encircling approximately three-quarters of the state’s workforce.

The new directives from Western Australia (WA) government stand out as one of the most all-encompassing and ambitious of any Australian state, with previously announced mandates for health and mining sectors accounting for less than 10 percent of all workers.

Daniel Khmelev
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Daniel Khmelev is an Australian reporter based in Perth covering energy, tech, and politics.
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