The NSW lockdown has cost the state billions of dollars – but the exact estimate can’t be told publicly because it is a government secret, a senior Treasury bureaucrat has said.
NSW Chief Economist Stephen Walters told a parliamentary inquiry he had provided a calculation of the cost […]
Objecting on protected grounds
Employees can lawfully object to a direction if the direction is unlawful, that is, if it is inconsistent with anti-discrimination and work health and safety (WHS) laws. There are anti-discrimination laws at both the Federal and State Government level, that protect employees from being discriminated against, or being treated adversely because […]
A Fair Work Commission deputy president has warned against a “medical apartheid” stemming from employers and governments mandating coronavirus vaccines.
Aged care receptionist Jennifer Kimber was sacked from a NSW south coast nursing home in July last year after refusing to have a flu jab.
Never before have lockdowns been used as a pandemic prevention measure. China, no stranger to human rights abuses, implemented a highly publicized lockdown in Wuhan. The WHO appeared impressed with that approach, despite a lack of supporting evidence, and recommended it to the rest of the world. Several countries subsequently used computer models predicting disastrous […]
Professor Justine Nolan, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute said: “Australian businesses and government must walk the talk and accept the need to remediate harms so that there is accountability for business related impacts wherever they occur.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequalities at the heart of […]
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Australia’s two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy to the vast majority of the country’s population.
Forcing a medical procedure onto a person is morally and ethically wrong. In spite of what State and Territory Public Health Directives say, we are protected by Common Law, our Constitution, the Federal Biosecurity Act and several International Treaties relating to Human Rights.
A Victorian police officer will be investigated after footage of a heavy-handed confrontation circulated online.
Footage captured at Flinders Street Station, as seen above, began circulating on Wednesday night.
It shows a man talking to three police officers with his arms at his side, before […]
With Greater Sydney set to open up in the coming weeks, the NSW Government proposes to introduce a ‘vaccine passport’ which will enable entry into a range of venues including restaurants, bars and sporting events for the vaccinated, and leave the unvaccinated at the […]
Once the state reaches its 70 per cent vaccination target, the NSW government has promised greater freedoms for people who have received both doses of the vaccine or those who have been declared medically exempt.
Shellharbour City Council mayor Marianne Saliba said the proposal, that would require residents’ vaccination status’ to be checked, was inequitable.
“Can you […]
