Category: Australia COVID-19

Australian Health Official: Fear is Motivating Australia’s COVID-19 Lockdowns and Vaccine Mandates

An Australian health worker has said fear is the motivating driver behind the Australian state governments COVID-19 lockdowns and vaccine mandates. Australia’s COVID lockdowns are among the harshest in the world, with Melburnians enduring 282 days of restrictions, including one period comprising 234 consecutive days of oppressive city-wide lockdown. Other cities have fared little better,…


90 More Police in Australian State Suspended After Refusing Vaccine

Another 92 police officers in the Australian state of Victoria have been suspended and could lose their jobs after refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by a government-mandated deadline. It follows an earlier wave of suspensions in mid-October, where 43 officers were stood down. On Oct. 29, Victoria Police confirmed that 74 police officers and…


Australian Lawyers Call Out State Government for ‘Misrepresentation’ Around Sweeping New Pandemic Law

Peak legal body, the Victorian Bar, has criticised Premier Daniel Andrews and his government for “grossly misrepresenting” its support for a sweeping Pandemic Bill that will grant extensive powers to the premier and health minister. The comments were made by Christopher Blanden Q.C. in an internal email to Victorian Bar members who also warned that…


Australian Lawyers Call out State Government for ‘Misrepresenting’ Support for Sweeping New Pandemic Law

Peak legal body, the Victorian Bar, has criticised Premier Daniel Andrews and his government for “grossly misrepresenting” its support for a sweeping Pandemic Bill that will grant extensive powers to the premier and health minister. The comments were made by Christopher Blanden Q.C. in an internal email to Victorian Bar members who also warned that…


$90,000 Fines or 2-year Jail Terms Loom in New Australian Pandemic Bill

Residents in the Australian state of Victoria face prison time or massive fines of up to AU$90,000 (US$67,570) if they are deemed to have failed to comply with government-mandated health orders and posed a risk to the health of others, according to a new Bill rushed into the state’s Parliament on Oct. 26. The Public…


Australian State Leaders Push for Unprecedented Power to Impose Lockdowns

A new Bill being rushed through Parliament is set to dramatically expand the power of the Victorian state premier and his health minister, including the authority to place the state under lockdown almost unilaterally. A summary of the Bill obtained by media outlets The Age and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation revealed that while the proposed…


Australian Nurse’s Lawsuit Against Vaccine Mandate Rejected

A nurse’s challenge against vaccine mandates for the state’s health profession has been rejected, according to a decision by the Civil and Administrative Tribunal (CAT) released on Oct. 25. Danielle Davis is employed at Ballina Hospital, in northern New South Wales (NSW)—Australia’s most populous state—where she was fighting a government-mandated public health order and letter…


Canberra and Surrounds Becomes Australia’s Most Vaccinated Jurisdiction

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is now Australia’s most vaccinated jurisdiction with more than 87 percent of all Canberrans aged 12 or over double jabbed. The territory’s latest new case count also dipped to single figures for the first time in a month on Sunday, with only nine COVID-19 infections reported. However, the result coincides…


Flurry of Vaccine Mandates Sweep Across Australia

This month, Australian state governments and major businesses have rolled out some of the most comprehensive vaccine mandates encompassing millions of employees across the country. Authorities are pushing to speed up inoculation efforts in the hope that a degree of immunity will be present in the community once public health restrictions begin winding down. The…


300,000 Australians to Be Vaccinated as Supermarket Giants Unveil Sweeping Mandate for Staff

Australia’s largest supermarket chains, Coles, Woolworths, and Aldi, have announced a vaccine mandate for all employees, encompassing around 300,000 individuals. The three grocery chains made the announcement on the same day, Oct. 21, amid a flurry of vaccine mandates issued from Australian state governments in recent days. Brad Banducci, CEO of the Woolworths Group, who…