Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pushed back against the Labor Party’s plan to pay Australians a $300 payment to get a COVID-19 vaccination saying how Australians engaged with the program needed to be respected. The Labor Party called for the reward scheme on the weekend saying that it would help incentivise Australians to get fully vaccinated. Morrison blasted the proposal as a bankrupt thought bubble that was an insult to all Australians. “This is a serious public health crisis, it’s not a game show,” he told reporters in Canberra. “If they do have hesitancy about the vaccine, I am not going to pay them off.” “I am going to pay for a GP to sit down with them and work through their concerns, which is what I have already done,” the prime minister said. On the weekend, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) issued the proposal saying it would incentivise Australians to get fully vaccinated …
Cash for Jabs: Labor Party Proposal Knocked Back By Federal Govt
August 2, 2021
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