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ARTICLE · 29 OCTOBER 2021

Victorian workers push back against COVID-19 vaccination mandates

More than 100 people in Victoria have joined a legal challenge against the state's mandated vaccination policies.

AustraliaEmployment and HR

More than 100 people have joined a legal challenge in Victoria against the state's mandated vaccination policies.

The policy of requiring workers in certain industries to obtain COVID-19 vaccinations has forced millions of authorised workers including construction workers, teachers, aged and health care workers, real estate agents and professional drivers to be vaccinated risk losing their jobs.

In Victoria, much like here in New South Wales, vaccinations have also been linked to greater 'freedoms' out of lockdown.

Legal challenge has growing support

But those who are opting to fight back are growing in number.

The Victorian legal challenge originally was started by a teacher and her husband and now includes more than 100 complainants across multiple industries, including nurses, an employee from the Department of Justice, a surgeon and an employee of vaccine manufacturing company CSL in Melbourne – the latter having worked on the production of the

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