A council has drawn flack from the state’s premier for taking the unprecedented step of sending out dramatic letters warning against the Covid vaccines, citing an unverified conspiracy theory.
Port Hedland Council, which covers the major WA mining town located over 1600km north of Perth, voted on Friday to send letters demanding the Covid vaccines be withdrawn to the Prime Minister, federal and state health ministers.
The motion was introduced by councillor Adrian McRae, 49, who told Daily Mail Australia on Monday that he hoped writing to all 537 councils around Australia would have a domino effect.
The motion centred on an unverified conspiracy theory about DNA contamination from COVID vaccines.
On Monday WA Premier Roger Cook insisted the Covid vaccines were not dangerous and said the council had ‘gone completely off the rails’.
‘The Town of Port Hedland should stick to its knitting,’ the Premier said.
The council for WA mining export hub Port Hedland has written to all the doctors in its borders urging them to warn doctors about the risks of the mRNA Covid vaccines
‘It should stay focused on the services and people of that community. It should lift its game’.
‘It’s another example of that council lacking the focus on the issues which matter to their constituents … making sure they look after the people, not get distracted by these silly ideological debates.’
Mr McRae said the Premier’s response was ‘pathetic’.
‘He was health minister when this (the vaccines) was rolled out, he has a conflict of interest,’ Mr McRae said.
‘When this goes to every council in WA I guarantee we will bring him down as a minimum.
‘I know there is more than one, there is probably two or three in every council on WA that is supportive of this and they themselves will get this letter out and they will ‘holy s**t, guys we need to do something about this’.’
Port Hedland Councillor Adrian McRae moved the motion to send the letters warning against the Covid vaccine
West Australian Premier Roger Cook has condemned the actions of Port Hedland Council and said they should ‘stick to their knitting’
Mr McRae said of the other four councillors who voted for the motion one was vax-injured with severe blood-clotting while another said his health was not as robust since taking the shot and regretted it ‘horribly’.
‘These aren’t a bunch of loony ‘anti-vaxxers’ as I was called because I was leading marches and speaking at big rallies and travelling around the world,’ Mr McRae said.
‘Where we live the vaccine mandates really destroyed the heart of our town, 70 per cent of the Pilbara and the Kimberley didn’t want to take these jabs.’
Liberal MP Russell Broadbent has written to the Prime Minister expressing concerns about the Covid mNRA vaccines
Claims vaccines can cause cancer or alter human DNA have been debunked by health authorities including the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration.
The TGA has been contacted for comment.
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