Ralph Babet (Victoria, United Australia Party) Share this | Hansard source

When I was speaking before on the Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022, I was talking about myocarditis. I've been speaking about this since I first stepped into this place. It is six to 28 times as common after the COVID vaccine as after COVID infection in males between 16 and 24 years of age. It is critical that a system of work health and safety derived from this legislation minimises the potential for harm to workers, of course. What we know, and what every employer in the country should know by now, is that mRNA vaccines can cause injuries, and indeed they do: myocarditis, pericarditis, Bell's palsy and neurological conditions. These are serious adverse events that could result in lost-time injury, attributed to mandated workplace mRNA vaccinations. Every workplace must strive for the protection of its workers. Every single workplace must take into account the inherent risk posed by mandating mRNA vaccines. This bill, as it stands, unfortunately fails to address the biggest elephant in the room in relation to workplace health and safety. Let's not let this opportunity go to waste. Let's get that amendment in there. Let's protect people from mandates—although I suspect that many in this place will not do that.