Rightwing thinktank Libertyworks fails in bid to overturn the Covid restriction and must pay costs

The rightwing thinktank Libertyworks has lost its federal court challenge to Australia’s outbound travel ban.

On Tuesday the full federal court unanimously rejected Libertyworks’ bid to overturn the Covid-19 restriction, which had argued that the health minister, Greg Hunt, has no power to impose a blanket rule stopping citizens from leaving the country.

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