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The Moral Obligation of the ‘Lesser Magistrate’
More than a million workers in Western Australia (WA) have now been mandated to receive their third COVID-19 vaccination. Those who refuse to comply with the executive order will have their jobs summarily terminated. They will lose their incomes and, as such, their capacity to provide for their families.[1]
If that wasn’t bad enough, now the unvaccinated are forbidden even to have a drink at a pub. “Not being [double] vaccinated means you will miss out,” communicates new WA Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson. As she menacingly declared:
If a patron attempts to sneak into a venue … they will face an on-the-spot fine or, possibly, imprisonment. The venue also has an obligation to take reasonable steps to ensure all patrons and staff entering the premises are double-dose vaccinated.[2]
Perhaps a few words about Ms Sanderson might be helpful, first elected at the 2013 state election. She holds no more than a BA in journalism and was a trade unionist before entering politics….
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
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