Gundrum v State of Queensland (Queensland Health) [2022] QIRC 226
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Gundrum v State of Queensland (Queensland Health) [2022] QIRC 226
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June 15, 2022
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Summary
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This case concerned an appeal against the respondent’s (Queensland Health’s) decision to refuse the applicant’s application for an exemption to COVID-19 vaccine requirements under a directive. The applicant submitted that his human rights had been limited by the directive: at [23]. The Commission noted that his submission failed to “address the legal reality” that human rights can be limited in appropriate circumstances under section 13 of the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld), and that there could not be a “more important reason” than the protection of the applicant’s colleagues, patients and visitors against the possibility of contracting a potentially deadly virus from an unvaccinated employee: at [46].
