Australian court rejects challenge to India travel ban

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Federal Justice Thomas Thawley ruled the government had not overstepped its biosecurity powers in banning Australians from returning home temporarily.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison earlier this month shut the door to all travel from India, fearing a large number of Covid-positive arrivals would overwhelm Australia's already strained quarantine facilities.

Thawley ruled that Morrison acted within the law, dashing the hopes of a 73-year-old Australian man who brought the case as he tries to return from Bangalore. The judge did not rule on the more complex question of whether the decision was unconstitutional, an issue that is set to be taken up at a later date.But with the pandemic still raging and access to Australia set to be severely restricted until at least 2022, the case was being closely watched.

 

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