Wonders will never cease! The Queensland Human Rights Commission has submitted an opinion to the Queensland Supreme Court, that the Covid vaccination mandates on teachers and early childcare workers are unjustified, and that Queensland Chief Health officer John Gerrard acted outside of his power, ultra vires, by mandating vaccination for teachers without prior consideration of less severe alternatives. It was argued that the most recent direction on February 4 was contrary to section 58(1) of the Human Rights Act (Queensland), which provides that “it is unlawful for a public entity in making a decision, to fail to give proper consideration to a human right relevant to the decision.”
Hopefully this argument is accepted by the Supreme Court of Queensland.