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FFileile Number:Number: B26/2020 FFileile Title:Title: Palmer & Anor v. The State of Western AustralizAustralia & Anor

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Plaintiffs B26/2020 Page 1 B26/2020 IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA BRISBANE REGISTRY No. B26 of 2020

BETWEEN: Clive Frederick Palmer First Plaintiff

Mineralogy Pty Ltd ABN 65 010 582 680 Second Plaintiff 10 and

The State of Western Australia First Defendant

Christopher John Dawson Second Defendant

20 PLAINTIFFS’ CHRONOLOGY

PART II:: CERTIFICATION

1. ‘TheThe plaintiffs certify that this chronology is in a form suitable for publication on the internet.

PART Il:II: CHRONOLOGY

No. Date Event Reference

1. December 2019 SARSSARS-CoV-2-CoV-2 and COVIDCOVID-19-19 Court Book first detected in Wuhan, China ((CB)CB) p.350; Third Amended Defence ((Defence)Defence) par.

11(a)11(a)-(b)-(b) at CB p.4l.p.41.

2. 25 January 2020 First case of COVID-19COVID-19 detected CB p.266 in Australia

Jonathan Shaw, Solicitor Telephone: (07) 3532 3849 17/240 Queen Street Email: [email protected]@bigpond.com Brisbane, QLD 4000 Ref: Jonathan Shaw Plaintiffs Page1 2 B26/2020

B26/2020

No. Date Event Reference

3. 30 January 2020 World Health Organisation CB p.352

declared COVID-19COVID-19 to

constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

4. 21 February 2020 The first case of COVID-19COVID-19 in Defence par.

Western Australia was detected 15(b)15(b) at CB p.46

5. 15 March 2020 Western Australian Minister for Defence par. 5 at Emergency Services, acting CB p.40

pursuant to s 56 of the Emergency Management Act

2005 (WA) (Act),(Act), declared a

state of emergency over the

whole of the State of Western Australia to address COVIDCOVID-19-19

6. Since 1919 March 2020 Western Australian Minister for Special Case, Emergency Services has par. 25 continuously extended the state of emergency declaration over

thethe whole of Western Australia

pursuant to s 58 of the Act

7. 5 April 2020 Second Defendant issued the Palmer v State

Quarantine (Closing the Border)Border) of Western Directions (WA) ((Directions),Directions), Australia (No.

paragraph 4 of which provides, 4) [202[2020]0] FCA

““AA personperson must not enter 1221,1221, [2]

WesternWestern Australia unless the

personperson is an exempt traveller.”traveller.”

Plaintiffs PageBage 3 B26/2020 2

B26/2020

No. Date Event Reference

8. Since 5 April 2020 The closure of the Western Special Case,

Australian border pursuant to the par. 25, 27-30,27-30,

Directions has been continued in 7474-82.-82. force by operation of the various extensions of the state of emergency pursuant to which the Directions were authorised, with thethe effect that first plaintiff, and staff of the second plaintiff, have been prohibited by the Directions from entering Western AustraliaAustralia without permission of the second defendant

9. 18 May 2020 The first plaintiff sought Special Case,

permission to enter Western par. 82 Australia pursuant to the DirectionsDirections,, which was refused

10. 25 May 2020 This proceeding commenced in Writ of

original jurisdictionjurisdiction Summons at CB

p.13

11. 16 June 2020 Order of Chief Justice Kiefel remitting part of matter to Federal Court for trial

12. 25 August 2020 Findings of fact published by Palmer v State

Rangiah J following trial of of Western remitted issues Australia (No. 4) [2020] FCA

12211221

Plaintiffs PageRage 4 B26/2020 3

B26/2020

No. Date Event Reference

13. 15 September 2020 WesternWestern Australian Minister for Special Case,

Emergency Services further par. 25 extended the state of emergency declaration over Western

Australia pursuant to s 58 of the Act to 1 October 2020

Date: 2121 September 20202020

ee

Peter Dunning Richard Scheelings T: 07 3218 0630 T: 02 8915 2640 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Peter Ward T : 08 9220 0570 E : [email protected]

10 Counsel for the Plaintiffs

Plaintiffs PageAage 5 B26/2020 4