significant to the industry. This is why mining firms are concerned regarding the recent indications given by WA Premier Mark McGowan that travellers from NSW and Victoria may face a quarantine period of two weeks upon their arrival to the state during the first half of next year. This could mean that anyone visiting WA after 1 December must have had at least one jab and after 1 January, two jabs will be required.
By the end of October, just over 60 per cent of people eligible for COVID vaccinations had gotten their shot in the state, according to local government data.
“There is a little bit of an unknown around what the implications will be when the mandatory element of vaccination gets locked down,” Beyer noted. “This is the concern underlying around the industry; is there a reasonable chunk of people who decide they don’t want to be vaccinated? We would like to think that number is low or very low, but I guess we have got to see what happens.”
