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AFLW footballer Deni Varnhagen returns to Crows training after failed vaccination legal challenge

After more than a year on the sidelines, AFLW player and nurse Deni Varnhagen will return to active elite football, months after she failed in a bid to challenge the South Australian vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

Deni Varnhagen loses latest bid to challenge COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Inactive AFLW player and nurse Deni Varnhagen has lost her second bid to challenge the South Australian vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.

ABC News · Nov 15, 2022

SA court rejects vaccine mandate challenge

The Court of Appeal has rejected the challenge to SA's vaccine mandates brought by former Adelaide Crows player Deni Varnhagen.

AAP · Nov 15, 2022

Adelaide Crows inactive player Deni Varnhagen responds to AFL lifting COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Adelaide Crows player Deni Varnhagen, who is also a nurse, has been on the club's inactive list since the vaccine requirement was imposed last year.

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

AFL lifts COVID-19 vaccine mandate

The AFL has lifted its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, effective immediately, allowing a small handful of players against having the jab to return to the field.

AAP · Jul 14, 2022

AFLW star Deni Varnhagen to remain on Adelaide Crows 'inactive' list

Varnhagen spent last season on the sidelines after not meeting the requirements of the league's COVID-19 vaccination policy.

ABC News · Jun 11, 2022

Call for Nicola Spurrier to return to SA vaccine mandate trial that may not proceed to judgement

Lawyers for nurses challenging South Australia's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers want to again subpoena the state's Chief Public Health Officer, despite the court hearing the case may never "proceed to final judgement" if the emergency declaration is revoked.

ABC News · May 3, 2022

Vaccine mandate trial hears SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens questioned need for COVID-19 booster shot

South Australia's Supreme Court hears Police Commissioner Grant Stevens questioned the necessity of a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers before signing off on an emergency direction earlier this year.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2022

SA police boss appears for vaccine case

South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has arrived at court to testify in AFLW player Deni Varnhagen's challenge to the state's COVID-19 rules

AAP · Apr 20, 2022

SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens too ill to appear at COVID-19 vaccine mandate court case

Grant Stevens is too ill to attend a Supreme Court challenge against vaccine mandates for a third day in a row, as two professors disagree over the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines.

ABC News · Apr 8, 2022