Nicola Spurrier

South Australia's top health chief is spared from giving evidence at a Supreme Court bid to overturn COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.

SA recorded 6,091 new COVID-19 cases today. Mr Ower, for the two nurses, yesterday told Justice Hughes that the challenge was not about the "wisdom" of the mandate. It was possible Professor Spurrier could have been called upon to give evidence in the trial, which is seeking judicial review of the government's COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. "My clients invoke that rule for this court to determine the lawfulness of the commissioner's mandates in a civil and orderly manner. "We live in a society governed by the rule of law," he said in a statement read to the court. - The nurses' counsel had issued a subpoena for Professor Spurrier to give evidence

Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier was forced to run a gauntlet of yelling anti-vaccination protesters after the Supreme Court this morning ruled ...

Please click below to help InDaily continue to uncover the facts. As she arrived, protesters called for her to be prosecuted. Varnhagen has had to work as a labourer after losing her regular employment for refusing a COVID-19 vaccination, the court was told. Lawyers for Varnhagen, a nurse and Adelaide Crow who was placed on the inactive list after refusing to follow the club vaccination policy, told the court the application was not an effort to grandstand or “turn the court into some kind of royal commission” and said any cross-examination of Spurrier would be conducted with “the utmost courtesy”. Spurrier attended court to hear its decision on an application by AFLW player Deni Varnhagen for her to give evidence about information relied on in her role advising the state emergency coordinator during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief public health officer Nicola Spurrier was forced to run a gauntlet of yelling anti-vaccination protesters after the Supreme Court this morning ruled that she would not have to give evidence in a legal challenge to South Australia’s vaccine mandates.

As South Australia's chief health officer Nicola Spurrier arrived at the District Court building in Adelaide, a group carrying anti-vax signs shouted ...

AFLW player Deni Varnhagen (pictured centre) has had to work as a labourer after losing both her nursing and football jobs for refusing a Covid-19 vaccination She has had to work as a labourer after losing both her nursing and football jobs for refusing a Covid-19 vaccination, the court was told. After the judge ruled Professor Spurrier was not required to give evidence in the case, she left the court where she was met again by the angry protesters.

A Supreme Court judge says SA's chief health officer doesn't have to give evidence in an AFLW player's legal challenge to the state's vaccine requirements.

Ms Varnhagen has been forced to work as a labourer after losing her regular work for refusing a COVID-19 vaccination, the court has been told. "My clients invoke that rule for this court to determine the lawfulness of the commissioner's mandates in a civil and orderly manner. Earlier, a group bearing signs with anti-vaccine messages gathered at the entrance to Adelaide's District Court building, where they shouted "shame" and called for Prof Spurrier to be prosecuted as she arrived.

The decision sparked outrage in anti-vaccine protestors who swarmed Ms Spurrier in front of the courthouse. Protestors carrying signs and filming with their ...

Chief Public Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier Swarmed By Protestors Outside Court “I’ve considered the application by reference to the nature of the proceedings, and the materials and submissions made yesterday,” she said. Chief Public Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier Swarmed By Protestors Outside Court