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Nationals MP George Christensen says he will resign from a parliamentary committee that earns him more than $20,000 on top of his salary in the wake of backlash over his latest anti-vaccine comments.
The backbench MP also claimed the government's program to vaccinate children aged five and above was "nuts".Queensland MP George Christensen's anti-vaccination views have been called out by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. "Australia is a free country, you can't go around locking people up for what they say as Australians."He is allowed to speak his mind but Australians should be listening to it."
"If you have any concerns about COVID vaccines for you or your family members, ask your GP," he said, on social media.Yesterday, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said of Mr Christensen's remarks: "I would flatly plainly disagree with anyone who said that." Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said while he "won't comment on other people's comments", "if people could listen to the Chief Medical Officer and my colleagues in the states we're all of agreement the ATAGI group, which is I would say among the best experts on immunisation in the world, certainly in Australia, we are of one voice it is very important for children now down to the age of five to be vaccinated.
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