Opening hours and other information will be available via www.health.qld.gov.au/vaccinebookings closer to the weekend. We have and will continue to strongly encourage our team members to get vaccinated as and when supply allows, Mr Spencer said. In a statement to Stuff last week, Bunnings New Zealand director Ben Camire said all Bunnings workers had been asked to share their vaccination status with the company by January 31. Workplace influenza vaccination kit Under the program, police will usethree vehicles including the re-purposed'vax bus',a caravan and a smaller bus. Bunnings and Dolly Parton are being used to boost public confidence in the vaccine. Following the success of the pop-up vaccination clinics at 18 high schools last weekend, were branching out to offer access to the vaccine where Queenslanders already are we are bringing the vaccine to them, the Minister said. Get your COVID-19 Vaccine at Bunnings! Customers are also welcome to shop onlineor use our contactlessDrive & Collectservice. UPDATE | The state government has confirmed a number of Gold Coast Bunnings stores will now take part in the state's vaccine rollout this weekend. Clinics will operate from the weekend of November 6-7. Dr Young said the Bunnings sites, combined with jabs being given at the government's vaccine hubs and pop-up clinics, as well as through pharmacies and GPs, meant the state was rapidly approaching the final phase of the vaccine rollout. If you have any questions or would like to know more about the steps we are taking to protect our customers and team, you can contact usor call133 062. The safety and wellness of our team, customers, and suppliers is our top priority. In Victoria, NAB CEO Ross McEwan has posted seven messages to staff over the last five weeks reminding them to get vaccinated. The clinic will have the capacity to provide 2,000 vaccinations perweek. The company is not making vaccination mandatory. He also said the federal government should be prioritising vaccines for essential retail workers. One of the most important things we can do is to encourage and motivate people, our teams, their families, and the wider community, to get vaccinated.. We continue to have a number of COVID-safe measures in place to help team and customers stay safe, including: Our teams are doing an incredible job working hard and doing their best to help customers get the products that they need. Two words showed something was wrong with the system, When Daniel picked up a dropped box on a busy road, he had no idea it would lead to the 'best present ever', Plans to redevelop 'eyesore' on prime riverside land fall apart as billionaires exit, After centuries of Murdaugh rule in the Deep South, the family's power ends with a life sentence for murder, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan actor, dies aged 61, 'Heartbroken': Matildas midfielder suffers serious injury ahead of World Cup. If people go to Bunnings and can get their sausage sandwich after their vaccine on the way out, thats a good thing, he said. He said vaccinations were the ticket to freedom, no matter the country. Most people havent seen a vaccination occur in person, so if youre going into a Bunnings a few times and you keep passing the vaccinations, then the next time youre on your way out with your potting mix, youll go up and ask.. Its a personal choice, but I think its got to be about opening up, its got to be about a carrot, not the stick show all the incentives, show all the clinical data, and let people make great adult decisions, he said. The pop-ups will focus on a range of outer metropolitan and regional locations, increasing points of access to the vaccine in key Local Government Areas. After that, they can access leave without pay, but in Victoria, its very clear you need to be vaccinated by November 26, or you cant come to the site. She pointed out that mass vaccination hubs identified by state governments so far were mostly in city centres and Bunnings suburban locations would make logistical sense when rolling out Pfizer vaccines en masse later in the year. Staff who are unvaccinated due to medical reasons or other reasonable exemptions will be required to complete regular COVID tests. "Workers are at risk every. Its a supply problem, not a demand problem, Ms Bligh said. Mick Farrell, the chief executive of $US40 billion sleep device group ResMed, has a unique international perspective running a business that operates in 140 countries. Be advised that within Bunnings stores: Video surveillance is utilised Vehicles may be in operation We reserve the right to inspect all bags and vehicles on exit Pets are permitted if: Secured safely in a vehicle On a lead and wearing a muzzle Carried Sitting in a trolley Assistance animals are always welcome. Tens of thousands of vaccines on offer, with no appointment required. As part of the local community, we do our best to create an environment that is respectful, inclusive, and welcoming of everyone. With 306 locations across Australia, each presumably fairly . Our COVID-safe measures also include: Providing team and customers with hand sanitiser From this Saturday, Queenslanders grabbing a snag at Bunnings will be able to get a COVID-19 jab at the same time. His spokesperson referred to general comments about the vaccine rollout changes made by the prime minister. Bunnings, which is owned by Wesfarmers, had also offered its sites around Australia to get people vaccinated. People are comfortable there and this type of plan would leverage Bunnings presence in the community.. State Government and Wesfarmers partner to establish COVID-19 pop-up clinics. Fortescue Metals, which has delivered enormous wealth to founder Andrew Forrest and its shareholders from the iron ore boom, is wary of throttling some of that growth if the pool of workers already in short supply is limited further by a mandatory vaccination push. We continue to encourage our colleagues to step forward to get their jab, when theyre eligible. In subsequent weeks, further pop-ups are planned to open in a number of other locations around Melbourne and regional Victoria. Bunnings has 14 vaccination sites across the country and has vaccinated more than 66,000 people through its sites so far. Victorians 12 and older will be able to attend without a booking to receive their first, second or third dose. COVID-19 Update for our Customers - Bunnings Trade AU COVID-19 update for our customers What we're doing to help you shop safely We continue to have a number of COVID-safe measures in place to help team and customers stay safe, including: Increased cleaning particularly for counters, trolleys and baskets throughout the day The rollout of Bunnings vaccine pop-ups will build on Victorias success at the former Bunnings Warehouse in Melton, which has delivered more than 150,000 doses in arms. We continue to have a number of COVID-safe measures in place to help team and customers stay safe, including: Increased cleaning particularly for counters, trolleys and baskets throughout the day Providing team and customers with hand sanitiser Providing masks for team members Darryl Abotomey, chief executive of the $3 billion car parts retailer Bapcor, which has 5000 staff across hundreds of Autobarn, Autopro, Burson and Midas outlets, said incentives for staff were a better way to proceed. Nine Entertainment, owner of The Australian Financial Review along with television and radio businesses, is on the front foot through public campaigns to help encourage the broader community to be vaccinated. However, Mr Schneider acknowledged unless government mandates change, workers who are not vaccinated will not legally be able to work with the business. "We're in the home stretch," she said. An anti-vaccine mandate protester has stormed a Bunnings Warehouse store screaming a rejection of the orders before being kicked out by staff. Vaccines available at eight Bunnings locations, four pop-up clinics and 14 State-run clinics throughout WA. The Victorian Government acknowledges Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and pays respect to their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging. At this stage it is not on the radar. With around 10,000 Westpac employees living in the eight most impacted Sydney [local government areas], it is a heartland area for our organisation, Mr King said. Alex Freudmann, managing director of liquor retailer Dan Murphys, which is owned by ASX-listed Endeavour Group, has a workforce of 5000 and said the group was actively encouraging its staff to be vaccinated and making it as simple as possible for that to happen, including paid leave for appointments. Westpac CEO Peter King said the bank would offer employees in south-western and western Sydney jabs at on-site vaccination hubs as a way of protecting their health and crushing the outbreak on its doorstep. After previously saying workers who chose not to share their Covid-19 vaccination status would have to take leave, Bunnings has changed its approach. Mining giant BHP also announced on Thursday it would require employees to be fully vaccinated by no later than January 31 to access all sites and offices. Acting Premier James Merlino said it would take at least a year for Melbourne facilities to start producing the vaccines. We will provide incentives for our staff to be vaccinated. Key points: Up to seven vaccination pop-up clinics will be set up at Bunnings stores A repurposed police 'booze bus' will become a mobile clinic Absolute legend, buy this man a slab of beer, wrote one. We are certainly advocates of being able to deliver vaccines through our medical facilities. 10 March 2022 COVID-19 vaccines are coming to Bunnings stores across Victoria from next week as part of a partnership with the hardware chain to make vaccination more convenient for families. We continue to have a number of COVID-safe measures in place to help team and customers stay safe, including: You can also save time in-store with the Bunnings Product Finder App. In NSW, some of the most prominent white-collar employers such as law firm Allens, Telstra and Deloitte said staff who returned to the office when they reopened again would need to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Wed welcome further advances in having access to vaccinating our people on-site like we do with the annual flu vaccination, Mr Bansal said. West Australians will soon be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at some Bunnings stores, as the WA government sets up pop-up clinics across the state. Bunnings has allowed pets into its stores since 2015 as long as they are carried, secured on a lead or in a shopping trolley. Gary Nagle, the chief executive of global mining giant Glencore, said the issue of mandatory vaccinations was sensitive, and it was better to use encouragement. "We do not have a mandatory vaccination policy in this country," he said. We hope it makes accessing vaccinations as easy and convenient as picking up an item for a weekend DIY project, Mr Schneider said. Supermarket giant Woolworths has an executive leading its entire COVID-19 response, Ross Spencer. We will continue to encourage our people, but at this stage we wont be mandating vaccinations for all our people. Monday, 1 November 2021. No bookings will be required at the clinics. Stuff requested more information on the employment what that would mean for workers with no plans to get vaccinated and those who didnt declare their status but were not in a position to take leave. A persons right is sacrosanct, and we cant impinge on their human rights, he said. Others agreed with and encouraged the mans actions. Bennett also said such a vaccination site would work best if it used a combination of bookings and walk-in appointments to avoid vaccine wastage. Bunnings car parks were successfully used for Covid testing and epidemiologists say the well-known chain is ideally positioned to offer coronavirus vaccinations to a large section of the community. Mandatory vaccines will also apply to workers in some local government areas of Sydney. Please use our complaints and compliments form. [Its] an identifiable site, its got the space and can be adapted for this.. In Victoria, authorised workers including retail staff at Bunnings, must be fully vaccinated by November 26 to be able to continue working. Wesfarmers is offering paid leave to permanent staff so they can get vaccinated during working hours if that is an easier option.