Members of Western Australia (WA) Police are taking the state and its Chief Health Officer (CHO) to court over sweeping vaccine mandates that have forced a million workers—75 percent of the state’s workforce—to choose between getting a COVID-19 vaccine or their job. The group commenced an application on Nov. 26 in the state’s supreme court seeking to strike down the CHO’s public health directives, which put in a place a deadline of Dec. 1 for all police staff to get vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes novel coronavirus. Hotchkin Hanly Lawyers initiated the proceedings on behalf of Senior Constable Ben Falconer. However, the firm represents a total of 34 unvaccinated sworn and unsworn members and staff of WA Police. But while some similar cases have failed in other states, Jordan McDonald—a representative of the group and former WA cop of 10 years who has chosen not …
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