{"id":13071,"date":"2021-09-22T12:40:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13071"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T12:40:51","slug":"mayors-and-council-staff-unite-to-max-the-vax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/mayors-and-council-staff-unite-to-max-the-vax\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayors and council staff unite to max the vax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayors and council workers are united in one voice to urge the state\u2019s local government workforce to get vaccinated against COVID-19.<br \/>\nMinister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said mayors are taking part in a social media video while council workers are featuring in case studies to encourage other local government workers to get the jab.<br \/>\n\u201cThere are more than 48,000 people employed by our state\u2019s 128 local councils and they are vital to keeping our local communities ticking, particularly during challenging times,\u201d Mrs Hancock said.<br \/>\n\u201cThese council workers are at the frontline of our communities keeping our streets clean, bins emptied and parks maintained, and we are urging them to get vaccinated so everyone can be and feels safe.<br \/>\n\u201cI am delighted that mayors and council workers are united in their call for the NSW\u2019s local government workforce to roll up their sleeve and protect their colleagues, communities and families from COVID-19.<br \/>\n\u201cMayors from Greater Hume, Hay, Hornsby, Parramatta and Tamworth feature in a video to spread the message to other mayors, councillors and staff to get vaccinated.<br \/>\n\u201cCouncil staff from Ballina, Bayside and Gilgandra councils are profiled in case studies to spread the word to other local government workers.\u201d<br \/>\nThe promotional materials form part of a campaign launched by the NSW Government last month to encourage the state\u2019s local government workforce to get the jab.<br \/>\nTo book a COVID-19 vaccination, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsw.gov.au%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7C416ca35245544651a3d108d97cd0a752%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637678058025321458%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IExzs%2BgFFIoCQ%2FB42GEQhCTw7pBFD7VUT2mXYVhYHog%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayors and council workers are united in one voice to urge the state\u2019s local government workforce to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock said mayors are taking part in a social media video while council workers are featuring in case studies to encourage other local government workers to get the jab. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/09\/22\/mayors-and-council-staff-unite-to-max-the-vax\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mayors and council staff unite to max the vax&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}