Port Hedland Council in Western Australia has endorsed a call for the immediate suspension of Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines on safety grounds. At a special council meeting on Friday in Australia’s iron ore capital, councillors voted five to two to pass the motion which also resolved to inform all local health practitioners of the results of a recent report on DNA contamination by Canadian virologist David Speicher. The motion additionally called for letters from the council and Victorian MP Russell Broadbent to be sent to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, that the reports and letters be presented to the WA Department of Health, and that all councils and shires in Australia be informed about the findings of the report.