by Ganesh Sahathevan
The Attorney General Of NSW, Mark Speakman SC, who has changed his Twitter handle to "Mark Speakman Double Vaxxed" tweeted in support of tradies and construction workers being forced to be vaccinated if they wanted to work:
In doing so Speakman completely disregarded the not so small matter of informed consent, and the fact that anyone who is vaccinated in Australia must first sign a Commonwealth Vaccination Consent form.
Mr Speakman is himself the minister in charge of a collection of very large workspaces. Those workspaces are of course the court rooms of NSW which unlike construction sites, are usually enclosed. Being enclosed the probability of COVID transmission is much greater and therefore justification for a "no-jab no entry" policy for courtrooms is even greater.
It is left to be seen whether Speakman is going to insist that NSW's judges, barristers and solicitors be vaccinated if they want to attend to matters in court.
Then there is the problem of jurors.Jury duty is compulsory but how is an unvaccinated person going to present himself or herself in court when summoned, if a "no-jab no entry" policy is enforced in NSW courtrooms? And if courtrooms are to be exempted, then why not construction sites where the risk of COVID contagion is far less?
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