Queensland Border Closure Challenged in Court

Queensland Border Closure Challenged in Court
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk attends a press conference at parliament house on March 25, 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. Jono Searle/Getty Images
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Two High Court challenges against the Queensland government’s constitutional right to keep the state’s borders closed have been mentioned in court.

The Queensland government has less than a week to prepare its defence against two challenges to its constitutional right to keep the state’s borders closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.