Meat workers prioritised for COVID vaccine, but no decision on delivery date or if jabs mandatory

The head of Australia’s largest meat cooperative would like to see the COVID-19 vaccine made mandatory for its workers to ensure it provides a safe workplace.

The meat processing sector has been listed as “high risk” and workers are included in Phase 1b, the second stage of the Federal Government’s National Rollout Strategy of the vaccine.

Health workers and emergency staff are in the first stage commencing late February.

The meat industry had pushed…