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Vaccine passports in Australia: who will impose them and how will they work?
National cabinet has agreed that all states and territories will integrate vaccine certificates in their check-in apps. But as for how and when they will be implemented, it’s every jurisdiction for itself
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As states and territories set out their plans to ease Covid-19 health restrictions, one leader has made clear that it’s now every jurisdiction for itself when it comes to the thorny question of vaccine passports.
The chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory, Andrew Barr, said as much on Wednesday, comments that followed his earlier explanation that he opposes the idea that vaccinated people should gain extra freedoms citing human rights and the practicality of enforcement.
Read the original article at The Guardian