Mandates Ruled 'Unlawful' By Supreme Court, Australia

Justice Glenn Martin found the Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll's direction for mandatory Covid vaccination, issued in December 2021, to be unlawful under the Human Rights Act.

Human rights lawyer Peter Fam, of Sydney law firm Maat's Method, praised the Supreme Court decision.

In a Senate hearing on 1 February of this year, Fam testified that a range of human rights were violated by vaccine mandates and other aspects of Australia's pandemic response, which he said warranted investigation in a Covid Royal Commission.

President of the NPAQ, Kara Thomas, said that the Supreme Court ruling confirms the union's position that "Workers had human rights that needed to be considered."

The Supreme Court ruling has been touted as an important precedent as it highlights that human rights must be properly considered in the issuing and implementation of workplace directives.

Responding to the Supreme Court ruling, Nikolic told Dystopian Down Under, "The Queensland decision is a vindication of human rights and the importance human rights possess in Australian jurisprudence."

"It is most unfortunate that the approach taken by the NSW Supreme Court in the case of Kassam v Hazard assumed a narrow approach on human rights protections under the common law," said Nikolic, noting that unlike Queensland, NSW, has no bill of rights or Human Rights Act. 

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