Western Australia s hard border was justified to stop the potentially catastrophic spread of COVID-19, the High Court has confirmed in its reasons for rejecting a bid from billionaire Clive Palmer to scrap the tough measure. The mining magnate had claimed WA s hard border was unconstitutional, but the High Court rejected his argument in November last year. A more thorough written judgment was published on Wednesday, saying there could be no doubt a law restricting people s movement into a state was suitable to prevent the virus spreading. If people entered WA while infectious, there would be a high probability that the virus would be transmitted into the WA population and at least a moderate probability that there would be uncontrolled outbreaks .
Crime by Heath Parkes-Hupton 17th Mar 2021 2:30 PM NSW Police have dropped charges against two Queensland women who passed through Sydney before they allegedly lied about travelling to Melbourne during the city s COVID-19 outbreak. Authorities in Queensland charged Diana Lasu and Olivia Muranga in July with fraud and providing false documents after they allegedly fibbed to avoid the 14-day self-isolation period after returning from Victoria. The case sparked outrage in the sunshine state when it emerged both women had contracted coronavirus in Melbourne, where they attended a house party. They infected at least three other people and sent the state s contact tracers scrambling.
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