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11/09/2026

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11/09/2026

Class Action Reminder 18 September

Were you subject to Direction 12 or Direction 14 in 2021 and or 2022 to get vaccinated with a Covid-19 injection?

Don't forget the deadline of 4pm 18 September 2026 for Police officers and staff, including Qld Protections officers, Air Wing etc.

If you are a group member, and you want to share in any settlement, complete the mediation notice and return it before 4pm on 18 September.

It's important to note if you don't return your mediation notice by that time, it might not be valid. You can return the mediation notice and then make more enquiries with Sibley Lawyers - but we encourage you not to miss the deadline.

To complete a mediation notice, use the following link:

https://sibleylawyers.com.au/app/uploads/2026/07/Pages-from-QSC26-154-2-Mediation-Notice.pdf

You can fill it out and sign it digitally and email it to [email protected].

To be a group member in broad terms you should identify with one of the groups, ie:

a. you were vaccinated under duress; or
b. refused to be vaccinated when being directed to do so. or
c. applied for a medical exemption and having been refused, then got vaccinated under duress.

You might identify with more than one group.

If you don't wish to be a part of the proceeding, you can Opt Out, but must do so before 4pm on 18 Sep. You only need to Opt Out if are a group member and you don't want to be a part of the action - for example, if you don't consider you were under duress at the time of being vaccinated, then you aren't a group member.

NB: this post is not legal advice. To obtain legal advice, contact us at [email protected], or another lawyer.

01/09/2026

QPS Class Action - Covid Jab - Important Deadline to Return a Mediation Notice by 4pm 18 September 2026

18/08/2026

Qld Police Service - Class Action For Vaccine Mandates

This class action is for Police only. We are aware there are Qld Corrections, Teachers, and other Government Departments that were mandated. We will be considering these in due course. Any announcements will be on our page.

For Police:

Look at our website https://sibleylawyers.com.au/class-actions/qps/
for more information. There are some FAQs.

In essence:
Staff and Police (including anyone employed by QPS at the time such as Protective Services, Air Wing etc) who were vaccinated under duress are of course eligible. Anyone who refused to be vaccinated and was liable to be punished, even if they resigned to avoid it, are in the vaccine refusal group.

Many 1000s received the doses under duress. They were practically compelled, coerced, lacked free will because they would not have got the dose but for the direction, and did so under fear of being suspended without pay and terminated. To be in the vaccine coercion group, you do not need to have shown any objection to being vaccinated, or even said anything. It is enough that you were directed to do so, and but for the direction, would not have received a dose/s.

Anyone that refused to get a dose, even if they had received other doses (whether under duress or before the directions because they thought it was a good idea at the time), will be in the vaccine refusal group.

You can be in the vaccine refusal group and the vaccine coercion group, as you might have got one dose under duress, and then refused to get another, and then subjected to, or liable to punishment for refusing.

Many also sought a medical exemption and were refused. You can be in this group, but only if you went on to receive a dose/s under duress. You could realistically be in the medical exemption group and the vaccine refusal group and the vaccine coercion group. For example, if you got one dose under duress, then applied for and were refused an exemption, then got a vaccine under duress, you'd be in both. If after the second you refused to get the third, you'd also be in the vaccine refusal group. Tick the boxes that apply to yourcircumstances.

Some people seem to think they had to be employed for the entire time of the directions, ie from Sep 21 to Dec 22. That is not the case. You are a class member if you were subject to one or both of the Directives, and fall into one of the groups. You don't have to have been employed for the entire period of the directives, just subject to the directives. A lot of people were swiftly suspended without pay and then resigned under duress.

If you have any questions, email [email protected]

15/07/2026

On the weekend Notices were published in various papers regarding the Class Action v Qps and the State of Queensland.

You are a Group Member if between 7 September 2021 and 12 December 2022 you were a QPS Police Officer or QPS staff member, and

1. you refused to comply with one or more of the requirements of the COVID-19 Directions and were, or would have been liable to be, subjected to disciplinary action under Chapter 6 of the Public Service Act 2008 (Qld) or Part 7, Part 7A or Part 8 of the Police Service Administration Act 1990 (Qld) by reason of your non-compliance with one or more of the requirements of the COVID-19 Directions (“Vaccine Refusal Group Members”);

2. you complied with the requirements of the COVID-19 Directions under duress/coercion/undue influence/ a practical compulsion AND but for the COVID-19 Directions, vou would not have received anv dose of the COVID- 19 vaccination (including a booster dose) AND you did not seek a medical exemption (“Vaccine Coercion Group Members”); or

3.
you applied for but were refused an exemption from complying with the requirements of the COVID-19 Directions on medical grounds and upon being refused an exemption, complied with the requirements of the COVID-19 Directions to be vaccinated but you only did so under duress/ coercion /undue influence/ a practical compulsion AND but for the COVID-19 Directions and being refused an exemption, vou would not have received anv dose of the COVID-19 vaccination (including a booster dose) (“Refused Medical Exemption Group Members”).

If you fall into one of these three categories, you are a Group Member. If you are a Group Member wanting to join the QPS class action, we strongly recommend that you register your interest at www.sibleylawyers.com.au/class-actions

24/05/2026

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