Essential workers challenge Victoria and NSW vaccine mandates in court
by Australian Associated Press from on (#5QBNJ)
Victorian teacher Belinda Cetnar and her husband Jack argue they could lose their livelihoods if they don't get vaccinated
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A casual relief teacher is taking Victorian health officials to court over mandatory Covid vaccines, arguing there is no legal or ethical justification for making workers get the jab.
Separately, in New South Wales, a group of essential workers has argued in court that state's health orders regarding vaccines are an attempt to coerce them into being inoculated.
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