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

February 15, 202<\/strong><\/p>\n

LNP Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien has praised the behaviour of anti-vaccination mandate protesters during the recent “Convoy to Canberra”.<\/p>\n

In speech to Parliament, Mr O’Brien described the protesters as “hard-working Australians” and called for an end to State mandates that have led to some workers who refused to get vaccinated being sacked.<\/p>\n

“Last weekend at Parliament House, thousands of people, including constituents of Wide Bay, peacefully protested against vaccine mandates responsible for sacking teachers, road workers, police and nurses,” Mr O’Brien said.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The Convoy to Canberra was the largest protest any had seen at Parliament House for any issue in decades. <\/em><\/p>\n

“The people I spoke to were hard-working Australians from far and wide, who had lost their livelihoods, careers, decades of hard work and dedication, and social lives, to State Government health orders.<\/em><\/p>\n

“We had thousands more people expressing their democratic right to peaceful protest than any other hot-button issue of late but far fewer arrests.<\/em><\/p>\n

“They did not engage in destructive behaviour or vandalism at Parliament House or put themselves in danger.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Much smaller protests such as Blockade Australia and Extinction Rebellion get more mainstream media attention for their causes by breaking the law.<\/em><\/p>\n

“They vandalise the Parliament with spray paint, set prams on fire, block bridges, trespass on private property and glue themselves to roads and Parliament furnishings.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Many came out to condemn the Convoy, but peaceful protest and freedom of assembly are fundamental tenets of democracy in Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Other countries are re-employing people who were stood down over their vaccine mandates, and it’s time the States gave our workers their jobs back.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On December 1 last year, Mr O’Brien crossed the floor in Federal Parliament to support a motion by United Australia Party leader Craig Kelly to end vaccine mandates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Brien was joined in the three-man protest vote by retiring LNP Member for Dawson\u00a0George Christensen.<\/p>\n

Mr Kelly\u2019s motion was defeated.<\/p>\n

Mr O\u2019Brien has previously stated he is pro-vaccination but was concerned about the effect vaccine mandates were having on small businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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