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Reasons why Clive Palmer’s bid to tear down WA’s hard border was blocked by the High Court revealed
Western Australia’s hard border with the rest of Australia was justified to prevent a potentially catastrophic event, the High Court has found.
Key points:
- The court said WA’s hard border helped protect it from potential catastrophe
- Clive Palmer was ordered to pay the state’s legal costs
- Both sides have vowed to continue fighting each other in court
The High Court today released the reasons for its decision to allow the state’s hard border, which billionaire businessman Clive Palmer unsuccessfully claimed was “unconstitutional”, to continue.
The judgment stated there could be no doubt that a law restricting the movement of people into a state was a suitable way of preventing COVID-19 from entering a community.
The court accepted the Emergency…
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