Government defeats challenge to COVID-19 ban on overseas travel
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-06-01 2:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
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A judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the Morrison government’s ban on Australians travelling overseas during COVID-19, saying that Parliament had intended to permit the government to take such “harsh” measures that may “intrude on individual rights” in an emergency.

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