It’s been revealed all union officials are exempt from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which comes into force today.

State Secretary for the Australian Nursing Federation, Mark Olson, told Liam Bartlett he can’t understand why he is not required to get the jab.

“If I have a right of entry permit, either a federal or state one … then you’re exempt from the orders,” he said on 6PR Mornings.

“I don’t understand why, any other contractor going into a hospital is required to be vaccinated … and what’s even more curious Liam is that this exemption doesn’t extend to the flu jab in aged care.

“If me or any of my staff want to go into aged care, we need to have the flu jab, but we don’t need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to go visiting and working in our public or private hospitals.

“I think it’s something the government has to explain Liam, as to why they have given this exemption, there is absolutely no logic for it.”

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