COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Prevention of Discrimination’ Bill Voted Down in Australian Senate

The Australian Senate has voted down legislation that aimed to prevent Australians from discrimination on COVID-19 vaccination status.
The Coalition and UAP Senator Ralph Babet supported the legislation put forward by One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson, while Labor, Greens, and Independent Senator Fatima Payman voted against it.
The private member’s bill aimed to stop the federal government, states, territories, and other government and non-government entities from discrimination based on whether someone had taken the jab.
Under the legislation, discrimination included goods, services, facilities employment, education, accommodation and sport. Further, the bill stopped interference of free movement between states and territories within Australia.
In parliament, Hanson said discrimination against people who refuse vaccinations continues “even today.”
She said more experts were now speaking about the lifelong impact on human health of what she termed “experimental jabs.”
“Australians are demanding accountability for being forced to accept vaccinations proven to be harmful to their health. We must unpack the entire Australian response to the pandemic.
“We must see the health advice which led to these mandates and who provided it. We must act before the World Health Organization’s proposed pandemic treaty is imposed on the world.”
She highlighted that One Nation’s policy is to establish a royal commission into the management of the COVID-19 pandemic by all Australian governments. She said the COVID-19 vaccines cost Australian taxpayers “$18 billion to buy.”
Following debate in Parliament, Hanson said the bill would have upheld Australians’ rights and freedoms against government overreach.
“This bill is yet another stunt by Senator Hanson and One Nation, and our nation’s public health is too important for that. It should be rejected by all parties,” she said.
The Senator said the government’s position on the COVID-19 vaccination is “that it is voluntary” as are all vaccinations in Australia.
Urquhart said vaccination had been critical in “reducing hospitalisations, admissions to intensive care unites, and deaths.”
Senator Rennick said it was not just the vaccine injuries that needed to be looked into, but the entire response, including lockdowns, PCR testing, excess deaths, and border closures.
“Locking down healthy people of the working-age population was completely unnecessary. You don’t destroy the strong to protect the weak, yet that’s exactly what happened here,” he said.
“We also need to look at the excess deaths, yet again.”
Babet gave credit to former New South Wales Liberal Premier Dominic Perrottet for admitting COVID-19 vaccine mandates were a mistake.
He also suggested that Liberal party members should read the Believe statement and other speeches by party founder Robert Menzies.