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Challenge flagged as bench upholds vax mandate

An aged care receptionist who refused a flu shot on the basis of a previous allergic reaction will launch a Federal Court challenge to today's FWC full bench majority decision that upheld her sacking, while Deputy President Lyndall Dean has given her some comfort in a passionate dissent, saying she had been dealt a "serious injustice" that denied her the Act's protections partly because of an inference that she holds a "general anti-vaccination position".