One Nation will deliver justice for Queensland public sector workers whose employment was terminated or suspended because they refused COVID-19 vaccination.

Party leader Senator Pauline Hanson said One Nation would end the pandemic of discrimination still being inflicted on workers who would not comply with vaccine mandates now ruled illegal by the Queensland Supreme Court.

“The workers got it right and the government got it wrong, so why are the workers still being punished and why must Queensland suffer for it?” Senator Hanson said.

“The unlawful COVID-19 jab mandates caused an exodus of skilled, experienced workers from essential services – nurses, police, firefighters, teachers, prison guards – and these services have been diminished as a result.

“They’re all crying out for experienced people to bolster their workforces, just as Queenslanders are crying out for better services at this election.”

One Nation Queensland leader and candidate for Keppel James Ashby said the party would reinstate all willing public sector workers whose employment was affected because they wouldn’t comply with unlawful jab mandates and would expunge their employment records of any disciplinary measures imposed.

“Despite the pandemic being over – and despite jab mandates for nurses and police being ruled unlawful in Queensland – many workers still face suspension and other disciplinary measures for standing up for their rights, and standing up for ours,” Mr. Ashby said.

“It’s pure bureaucratic vindictiveness and we will put a stop to it. I wouldn’t blame any individual for refusing to again work for an employer who treated them so poorly but for those who are willing, One Nation will get them back into the jobs where Queensland desperately needs them, and we’ll wipe their slates clean of any disciplinary actions related to jab mandates.

“These workers have been denied justice for years now. It’s time to admit the government got it wrong, and deliver the justice these people deserve.”

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