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Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 1, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Member for Wide Bay Llew O\u2019Brien crossed the floor in Federal Parliament on Wednesday to support a motion by United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly to end vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mr O\u2019Brien was joined in the three-man protest vote by retiring LNP Member for Dawson\u00a0George Christensen who has previously compared vaccine mandates to\u00a0decrees by dictators such as \u201cStalin, Mao, Hitler and Pol Pot\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr O’Brien has previously stated he is pro-vaccination but was concerned about the effect vaccine mandates were having on small businesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Kelly’s motion was defeated.<\/p>\n

In October, Mr O’Brien joined with Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington to issue a short joint statement\u00a0backing Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council\u2019s call for residents to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that we have better access to vaccines in our region we encourage community members to take up this opportunity and get vaccinated so we can look after our family and friends,\u201d Mrs Frecklington and Mr O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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