The Epoch Times Sweeping vaccine mandates in Western Australia’s (WA) could see an estimated 39,000 workers lose their jobs and livelihoods, a figure which is estimated to cost the state economy around $2.9 billion (US$2.1 billion).
WA Premier Mark McGowan has implemented one of Australia’s most significant vaccination mandates, currently requiring more than 75 percent of the state’s workforce—equivalent to over a million residents—to get vaccinated by January.
But this has come at a cost, with peak industry body Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA) revealing in a survey that 3.7 percent of employees—around 55,000 workers—would not receive a COVID-19 vaccination “under any circumstance.”…
