Video / Sky News AustraliaAn Australian judge on Monday rejected a challenge to a temporary Covid-19 ban on citizens returning from India. The government imposed the Indian travel ban on April 30 to relieve pressure on quarantine facilities for returned international travelers. The ban will be lifted on Friday when a government-chartered plane is expected to repatriate 150 of the 9000 Australians in India who want to come home. Screengrab / Australian Federal Court TVThe second two parts are based on constitutional grounds so require more notice for a court hearing than Newman's application last week for an urgent hearing allowed. The ban is the first time that Australia's Biosecurity Act has been used to prevent Australians from returning home.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 10, 2021 18:48 UTC