For months, Northern Territory hospitality groups have battled staff shortages worsened by the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Next week, that will all change.
"We want to put all that language about Karens and denigrations and anti-vaxxers in their mum's basement in Florida well behind us," he said.
However, he said allowing individual workplaces to choose their own vaccine rules was "probably a good move". Dr Parker said workplaces had a responsibility under federal law to ensure the safety of their staff, which may include requiring full vaccination against COVID-19."So I think workplaces have a right to determine — as part of that federal industrial law — whether people get vaccinated or not."
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