The case based on a human rights argument was heard before Justice Jean Dalton at Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday.
The police officers and staff challenging Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll in court were:Shaun Sutton,Dominic Luis Safi,Jason Mole,Adrian Knight,Stephen Lyttle,Wendy Holderness,Andrew Holderness,Jasdeep Atwal,Louisa-Jane Logue,Malcolm Cameron Logue,Oliver William George,David William Morgan,Britainie Jay Stickley,Sean Douglas Blair,Donna Janelle Malone,Lucas Dean Mizzen,Hayden Wayne Drinnen,Karina Lee Ormond,Adam Green,Naomi Hitchener,Natalie Skennerton,Bronwyn Smith,Drew Carmichael and Andrew Marshall.
Police officers and staffwere ordered to have their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by Monday,October 4,and both doses by January 23 next year.
The court heard the staff believed being forced to get the vaccine went against the Human Rights Act because they did not want the jab.
Also challenging the directive of Queensland Health Director-General John Wakefield is nurse Leesa Daphne Porter,with the support of QNurses First – also known as the Nurses’ Professional Association of Queensland.
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Queensland Healthmandated the jab for staff working in roles in which care is provided to patients,with a deadline of September 30 for the first dose and the end of October for a second.
The nurse’s case will be heard on December 6 for review.
The police case will return to the Supreme Court on February 23 next year.