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[2020] FCA 1221
Federal Court of Australia
2020-08-25
Mr P, Mr J, Rangiah J
Original judgment source is linked above.
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 207 ll 10-29
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 209 l 38 - p 215 l 34
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 249 ll 9-13
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 541 at [51]
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 268 l 46 - p 269 l 8
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 467 at [3.2.8]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 467 at [3.2.8]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 187 ll 14-23
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 189 ll 6-19
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 700 at [1.2]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 187 ll 25-29
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 191 ll 9-17
Report of Professor Blakely Identifying Differences of Opinion Between the Experts,Court Book Tab 41 p 681
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab 37 p505
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 466 at [3.2.3]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab 37 p 497 at [23]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 541 at [52]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 4 at [9]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3552
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 4 at [10]-[11]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 7 at [21(e)]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 5 at [17]
Supplementary Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 36 p 428 at [4.3.8]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 5 at [14]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 7 at [21(b)]-[21(c)]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 4 at [8]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 7 at [21(a)]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 9 at [23(a)]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 701 at [2]
Draft Consolidated Special Case, Court Book Tab 44 p 715 at [19]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 183 ll 9-17
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 207 l 40 - p 209 l 26; Transcript 29 July 2020 p 313 l 45 - p 314 l 37
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 686 at [14]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 456 at [2.3.8.3]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab 37 p 504
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 4 at [8]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 3 at [4]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 705 at [4.1]
Draft Consolidated Special Case pp 5-6 at [13], [19]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 3 at [4]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 469 at [3.2.15]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 pp 469-470 at [3.2.17]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 pp 469-470 at [3.2.17]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 470 at [3.2.19]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 471 at [3.2.21]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 479
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 471 at [3.2.22]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 685 at [10]-[11]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 pp 686-687 at [14]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 687 at [16]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 690 at [24]
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 p 426 at [3.4.1]-[3.4.2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 701-702 at [2]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 13 at [30]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 10 at [23(i)]-[23(j)]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 24 July 2020 p 2; Daily Epidemiology Update asat 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3554
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 59 at [133]
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 76 ll 3-7
Supplementary Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 36 p 489
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 pp 424-425 at [3.2]-[3.3]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 124 ll 36-47
Supplementary Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 36 p 486 at [3]-[4]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 704-705 at [4.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 705 at [4.1]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 457 at [2.3.9.1.1]-[2.3.9.1.2]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 457 at [2.3.9.1.3]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 471 at [3.2.24]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 468 at [3.2.10]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 690 at [24]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 701-702 at [2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 704-705 at [4.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 705 at [4.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 704-705 at [4.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 702, 705 at [3.1] and [4.1]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 535 at [31]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 536 at [32]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 pp 536-537 at [33]-[34]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 537 at [35]-[36]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 537 at [37]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 537 at [38]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 701 at [2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 704 at [4.1]
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 282 ll 1-2
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab 37 p 501 at [41]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 702 at [3.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 704-705 at [4.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 704-705 at [4.1]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab 37 pp 501-502 at [43].
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 68 at [170]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 537 at [36]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 702 at [3.1].
Draft Consolidated Special Case pp 34, 50 at [70], [103]
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 81 ll 27-32
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3554
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 468 at [3.2.10]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 535 at [31]
DraftConsolidated Special Case pp 69-79 at [172]-[196]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 704 at [4.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 702 at [3.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 701 at [2]
Draft Consolidated Special Case pp 74-78 at [186]-[193]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 704-705 at [4.1]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 539 at [47]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab37 p 493 at [2] and [7]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab37 p 495 at [13]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Senanayake, Court Book Tab37 p 497 at [23]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 213 l 3 - p 214 l 41
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 219 ll 10-45
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 205 l 10 - p 206 l 5
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 207 l 40 - p 209 l 26
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 233 ll 14-21
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 pp 602-603
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 603
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 604
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 604
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 606
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 607
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 609
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 609
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 pp 609-611 at [3.5]
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 611
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using up to date Victorian data
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using up to date Victorian data
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using updated NSW data to 23 July
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using updated NSW data to 23 July
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 699-700 at [1.1]
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 602
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 380 l 26 - p 381 l 8
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 107 ll 8-30
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 456 at [2.3.8.3]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 106 l 1
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 112 ll 37-38
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 107 l 43 - p 108 l 2.
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 114 ll 10-13
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 401 ll 22-27
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 541 at[31]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 700 at [1.2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 541 at [51]
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 pp 424-425 at [3.2.1]-[3.3.2]
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 p 425 at [3.3.3]-[3.3.5]
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 73 ll 31-34
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 103 l 46 - p 104 l 4
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 124 ll 36-47
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 p 425 at [3.3.5]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 700-701 at [1.2]
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 39 ll 22-26
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 85 ll 28-34
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 87 l 3 - p 88 l 8
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 700 at [1.2]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 135 l 31 - p 136 l 5
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 466 at [3.2.5]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 467 at [3.2.8]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 pp 468-469 at [3.2.11]-[3.2.12]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 469 at [3.2.13]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 pp 471-472 at [3.2.24]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 473 at [4.1.1]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 688 at [18]-[19]
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 689 at [23]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 699-700 at [1.1]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 702-703 at [3.1]
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 603
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 p 425 at [3.3.2]-[3.3.5]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 471 at [3.2.24]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 173 l 8 - p 174 l 39
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3552; Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 24 July 2020
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 138 ll 44-47
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using up to date Victorian data
Supplementary Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 42 p 687 at [16]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Stay Safe Directions (No 6) (Vic), Court Book Tab 198 p 2375
Stay at Home Directions (Restricted Areas) (No 3) (Vic), Court Book Tab 197 p 2362
Draft Consolidated Special Case pp 57-58 at [128]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab258 p 3552
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using updated NSW data to23 July
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 407 ll 28-31
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 355 ll 31-40
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 67 at [163]-[166]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3554
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 123 ll 14-21
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 62 at [146]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3554
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 64 at [152]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3554
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 68 at [170]-[171]
Daily Epidemiology Update as at 1500h, 27 July 2020, Court Book Tab 258 p 3554
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 87 l 3 - p 88 l 8
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 67 at [159]-[161]
COVID-19 Epidemiology Report 20 (to 5 July 2020), Court Book Tab 91 p1495
Draft Consolidated Special Case pp 60-61 at [138]-[140]
Public Health Alert: Three new COVID-19 cases, Court Book Tab 257
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 349 l 4 - p 351 l 5
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 701 at [2]
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 p 473at [4.3.2]
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 609 at [3.4.2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 701 at [2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Expert Report of Dr Robertson, Court Book Tab 34 p 425 at [3.3.1]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 92 at [218]
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 82 ll 14-15
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 91 at [212]
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 285 ll 9-16
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using up to date Victorian data
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using up to date Victorian data
Exhibit 7 - Table 3: Average or expected years and months to outbreak, and average monthly probability (and %) of outbreak per month - Using updated NSW data to 23 July
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 79 at [196]
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 619
Expert Report of Professor Blakely, Court Book Tab 40 p 611
Expert Report of Associate Professor Lokuge, Court Book Tab 35 pp 468-469 at [3.2.11]-[3.2.12]
Transcript 27 July 2020 p 82 ll 14-15
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 94 at [227]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 94 at [219]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 541 at [52]
Expert Report of Professor Collignon, Court Book Tab 38 p 542 at [53]
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 269 ll 1-13
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 699 at [1.1]
Draft Consolidated Special Case p 4 at [8]
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 392 ll 19-26
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 p 704 at [3.2]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 120 ll 25-31
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 179 ll 24-30
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 224 l 13 - p 225 l 1
Transcript 29 July 2020 p 318 l 28 - p 319 l 16
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 234 ll 4-7; Transcript 29 July 2020 p 350 ll 23-24; Transcript 29 July 2020 p 406 ll 31-35.
Public Health Alert: Three new COVID-19 cases, Court Book Tab 257
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 703-704 at [3.2]
Joint Experts' Report, Court Book Tab 43 pp 703-704 at [3.2]
Transcript 28 July 2020 p 113 ll 1 - 10
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