Supreme Court bombshell: Qld’s mandatory Covid vaccine orders ‘unlawful’
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:50 am
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Dozens of police and health workers including paramedics have won a mammoth legal battle over mandatory vaccination orders after the Supreme Court declared they were unlawful.
In a 115-page decision handed down by Justice Glenn Martin on Tuesday he declared police commissioner Katarina Carroll’s direction for mandatory Covid-19 vaccination issued in December 2021 was unlawful under the Human Rights Act and banned her from taking any steps to enforce the direction.
He also ruled that a similar order by John Wakefield, the director general of Queensland Health’s equivalent vaccination policy “is of no effect” and Mr Wakefield be blocked from forcing paramedics to have the injection.
Seventy four people opposing vaccinations took the state government to the Supreme Court to challenge vaccination directives, they were included in three separate applications before the court.
Two related to police officers or civilian staff, and the third case related to Queensland Ambulance Service workers.
The workers did not have to be vaccinated while their legal fight was underway.
Ms Carroll and Mr Wakefield are also banned from disciplining any of the paramedics and police officers.
The police staff and paramedics were represented in court by law firms Alexander Law and Sibley Lawyers, who have been contacted for comment.
Those who were a part of the legal challenge include Townsville cop Kevin Gehringer and former All Black rugby player turned Gold Coast Cop Connan (Con) Barrell.
Vanda Carson, Court Reporter
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Dozens of police and health workers including paramedics have won a mammoth legal battle over mandatory vaccination orders after the Supreme Court declared they were unlawful.
In a 115-page decision handed down by Justice Glenn Martin on Tuesday he declared police commissioner Katarina Carroll’s direction for mandatory Covid-19 vaccination issued in December 2021 was unlawful under the Human Rights Act and banned her from taking any steps to enforce the direction.
He also ruled that a similar order by John Wakefield, the director general of Queensland Health’s equivalent vaccination policy “is of no effect” and Mr Wakefield be blocked from forcing paramedics to have the injection.
Seventy four people opposing vaccinations took the state government to the Supreme Court to challenge vaccination directives, they were included in three separate applications before the court.
Two related to police officers or civilian staff, and the third case related to Queensland Ambulance Service workers.
The workers did not have to be vaccinated while their legal fight was underway.
Ms Carroll and Mr Wakefield are also banned from disciplining any of the paramedics and police officers.
The police staff and paramedics were represented in court by law firms Alexander Law and Sibley Lawyers, who have been contacted for comment.
Those who were a part of the legal challenge include Townsville cop Kevin Gehringer and former All Black rugby player turned Gold Coast Cop Connan (Con) Barrell.
Vanda Carson, Court Reporter