Particular Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates Found to be Unlawful

This follows a case we have referred to in the past, a case in the Fair Work Commission back in 2021, which you can read here.   Different jurisdiction but same topic.

Recently, a Queensland judge in the Supreme Court ruled that the mandatory vaccination ordered against dozens of police and health workers were unlawful.

It was ruled that COVID-19 mandate policy breached the human rights laws of some frontline workers for the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service staff who challenged their mandates.   The Police mandates were not given consideration to the human rights ramifications of the mandates.  The Ambulance mandates did not allow for such mandates under employment and contract law.

It was found the directives breached section 58 of the Human Rights Act, which states that all public service employees must give proper consideration to human rights before making a decision, and that they must act and make decisions that are compatible with human rights.

Similarly, a former youth support worker has won an appeal against the South Australian government after he suffered pericarditis from a COVID vaccine.   A tribunal found he was entitled to workers compensation because he was mandated to have a booster shot to continue employment.  It therefore appears that there may be more to come, maybe in different states and different jurisdictions and therefore different arguments.  Lets see…