Tina Jennion first arrived in Australia from Germany in 2001.
She fell in love with the country and then fell in love with an Australian man, who later became her husband after she returned to the land down under in 2006.
Ms Jennion has been happily teaching in East Gippsland for the past 10 years, the last four of those years at a local primary school.
However, she is now unemployed after declining to be double vaccinated, a condition mandated by the State Government if she is to remain in her job.
“Bairnsdale is a beautiful place, I absolutely love it and I love my job,” Ms Jennion said.
“I’m devastated to have lost my job but it’s my body, my choice,” she said.

IMAGE: About 50 people, many of who have been forced out of work for refusing to be vaccinated, joined in the peaceful protest. K320-5710