Commentary
Police officer Ben Falconer has lost his court case challenging mandatory vaccination in Western Australia (WA). He took legal action over the compulsory measure, which had required all police officers to get vaccinated for COVID-19, and a direction (executive order) by the chief health officer banning unvaccinated officers from attending police premises.
However, Justice Jeremy Allanson of the WA Supreme Court dismissed his case yesterday, claiming that the actions of the police commissioner and chief health officer were “justified” under the “extraordinary” circumstances of the alleged pandemic.
Allanson stated: “All of the evidence establishes that the COVID-19 pandemic was, and remains an extraordinary emergency.”…