Billionaire Clive Palmer is launching a fresh High Court challenge against the West Australian government – this time over its “vaccine passport”.
WA Premier Mark McGowan announced last week exempt travellers from NSW would be required to show proof they had received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and returned a negative PCR test 72 hours before arrival.
But Mr Palmer claims the move, which will come into effect on Tuesday, is in breach of section 117 of the Australian Constitution and discriminates against the people of NSW.
The mining magnate said he would begin a High Court challenge against Mr McGowan and the WA government.
“By restricting free movement of Australian citizens within Australia and creating an island-within-an-island, the WA Covid-19 eradication strategy is unconstitutional,” Mr Palmer said in a statement on Monday.
“We are seeing data from millions of people in the UK and Israel that shows conclusively in regards to the Delta variant that the…
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