Queensland's Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll is grilled in the Supreme Court in Brisbane over her decision to introduce a mandatory staff-wide COVID-19 vaccine policy.
Queensland's Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has been grilled in the Supreme Court over her decision to introduce a mandatory staff-wide COVID-19 vaccine policy.There was a slow uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations by QPS staff as of August last year, which was why the directive was made
civil trial being heard in Brisbane that was challenging workplace mandates for more than 70 employeesShe told the court that before issuing the direction last September she had received an "extraordinary" amount of information on vaccines from a range of sources, including the Chief Health Officer and the state's health department.
Under cross-examination by Dominic Villa, who is representing a group of seven QPS staff, Commissioner Carroll was repeatedly questioned about what documents she had read before issuing the directive. "In a small station, if 50 per cent of the people have COVID it would be significantly impacted. In larger areas, that would not be the case," she told the court.Mr Villa suggested that Commissioner Carroll's reasoning for determining QPS staff were at a higher risk of infection was "an exercise in pure speculation".The court heard that as of August last year, there was a slow uptake of vaccinations by QPS staff, which was why the directive was made.
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