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Can the government, or my employer, force me to get a COVID-19 vaccine under the law?

  • Written by Maria O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Can the government, or my employer, force me to get a COVID-19 vaccine under the law?Lisa Maree Williams/AAP/Getty Images AsiaPac

Prime Minister Scott Morrison took many people by surprise this week when he said a COVID-19 vaccine would be “as mandatory as you could possibly make it”.

Although he later backtracked on the use of the word “mandatory”, he made clear the government is aiming for a 95%...

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