ER Editor: See also this Sky News Australia report —
Covid vaccine mandates for police and ambulance workers were unlawful, an Australian court has found
RHODA WILSON for THE EXPOSE
In a landmark decision, the Queensland Supreme Court ruled yesterday that covid vaccine mandates for police officers and paramedics were unlawful.
“This decision by the Queensland Supreme Court makes it paramount we have a Royal Commission into the covid-19 pandemic,” Senator Pauline Hanson said.
The Queensland Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered its judgments in three lawsuits brought by 86 parties against the Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service for their directions to workers issued in 2021 and 2022. The Supreme Court ruled that covid vaccine mandates for Queensland frontline workers were unlawful based on human rights grounds.
The court found the directions limited the human rights of workers because they were required to undergo a medical procedure without full consent.
Senior Judge Administrator Glenn Martin delivered a 115-page judgment stating that the directives issued by Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll failed to give proper consideration to human rights.
Former Queensland Health Director-General John Wakefield was unable to prove he issued the vaccine mandate under an implied term of the employment agreements for ambulance service workers.
As a result, both vaccine mandates were found by the court to be “unlawful” and to have no effect.
Outside court, businessman and former politician Clive Palmer said he had provided at least $2.5 million to support the case. “We can celebrate because this is the first precedent in the Western world where a trial has gone the full distance and the court has found a trampling of human rights,” Palmer said.
This ruling sets a precedent for similar challenges to vaccine mandates in other industries.
“Today has seen an important victory in the fight for freedom and human rights in Australia. The Queensland Supreme Court today determined that covid-19 vaccine mandates imposed on police and health workers were unlawful,” Senator Pauline Hanson said in the Australian Parliament yesterday.
She called for a Royal Commission. “This decision by the Queensland Supreme Court makes it paramount we have a Royal Commission into the covid-19 pandemic,” she said.
Sources for this article include:
- Queensland Supreme Court rules covid-19 vaccine mandate for police, paramedics was unlawful, 7 News, 27 August 2024
- Covid vaccine mandate ‘unlawful’ for Queensland emergency services, court rules, The Guardian, 27 February 2024
- Police service, health department bungled vaccine mandates, judge finds, Brisbane News, 27 February 2024
- QLD Supreme Court declares Police and Ambulance vaccine mandates unlawful, Rebel News, 26 February 2027
Featured image: Former Queensland Health Director-General John Wakefield (left). Source: Brisbane Times. Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll (right) Source: Daily Mail
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