An appeals court has found it âinconceivableâ that legislation aimed at protecting public health would not have afforded the New South Wales health minister the power to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers, given the outbreak of the Delta strain of the coronavirus.
Victorian workers challenging the government’s health directions requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 have lost their second bid to disqualify the judge hearing the case on the ground of apprehended bias.
A court has dismissed challenges to the New South Wales public health orders that made it mandatory for certain workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, declaring they did not breach workersâ rights to bodily integrity.
The New South Wales government has accused anti-vaccination advocates of having a âmisguidedâ and âone-dimensional focusâ on the fundamental rights of the individual over those of a community contending with the highly-contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.Â
Individuals challenging public health orders mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers in New South Wales have told a court âthe line was crossedâ when the state government threatened their livelihoods.
Health experts have told a court hearing a challenge to a requirement that certain workers get the COVID-19 jab that vaccinations are an effective tool in the fight against the coronavirus, despite the global surge of âbreakthroughâ infections caused by the outbreak of the highly-infectious Delta strain.
A judge has ruled legal challenges to orders requiring COVID-19 vaccines for certain workers in New South Wales are not exceptional enough to warrant the disclosure of cabinet documents, with the judge noting he did not think the state health minister’s orders made vaccines “mandatory”.
Thousands of emails have inundated the inbox of the judge overseeing legal challenges to the NSW health ministerâs orders mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for certain workers, prompting a public warning against interfering with the administration of justice.
Cases challenging the NSW government’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the state’s police officers, teachers and healthcare workers are exceptional enough to warrant production by the government of documents presented to state cabinet before the public health order, a court has heard.
A judge has set aside a subpoena that allegedly sought to âembarrass the New South Wales governmentâ, in lawsuits contesting compulsory COVID-19 vaccination orders made by state health minister Brad Hazzard.