Outside court, businessman and former politician Clive Palmer said he had provided at least $2.5 million to support the case. “We can celebrate because this is the first precedent in the western world where a trial has gone the full distance and the court has found a trampling of human rights,” Palmer claimed.
Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said the government was considering the court’s decision, but the findings did not determine COVID-19 vaccine mandates were contrary to the Human Rights Act. “His Honour did find the limit on people’s human rights to have healthcare imposed on them without consent was justified because of the pandemic,” Fentiman told reporters.
In a statement, the Queensland Police Service said it was also considering the judgment “and our options moving forward”.
