One Nation has introduced a petition to try and stop Scott Morrison introducing a coronavirus vaccine passport.
The proof of vaccination against the pandemic has been proposed in countries all over the world and the Australian government has hinted it will do the same.
However, the fringe political party headed by Pauline Hanson wants to ensure the Prime Minister doesn't follow through with the idea.
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They've started a petition on their own website and it's attracted tens of thousands of signatures.
In less than a week, there have been more than 40,000 people add their name to the list, which calls on the government to abandon plans to implement the vaccine passport.
The call-out said: "Scott Morrison has announced plans to implement an interstate travel ban for Australians who have not received a vaccine passport.
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"This push by the Prime Minister represents an unacceptable erosion of the rights and civil liberties of law-abiding Australians and must not be allowed to proceed.
"One Nation has announced it opposes the Prime Minister's vaccine passport push and will work to see it scrapped, will you join the call?"
The petition comes after Mr Morrison highlighted in an interview with Channel 9 that the government is reopening international borders step-by-step.
He said the next step 'is ensuring Australians can move more freely around the country when they're vaccinated'.
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When Mr Morrison was asked whether that would mean states and territories would be able to refuse entry or exit to a passenger who hasn't received the jab, he deflected the reply.
Considering Aussies are already freely able to travel the country without showing proof of a vaccine, some have questioned whether the Prime Minister meant people who have copped the jab could fly interstate if there is an outbreak lockdown in place.
But Pauline Hanson believes the government would be wading into a legal nightmare if they tried to enforce the passports.
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"I think it's unconstitutional, and that's my opinion," she told Sky News.
"I think if you look at section 92 and especially section 117 of the Australian Constitution, it says one resident in one state should not be treated totally different to another resident of another state, that's what it's actually doing.
"So if the prime minister intends to bring in the vaccine passport, he's denying people of one state to move freely across the borders to another state."
While the Constitution does give residents rights under normal circumstances, you could argue that a pandemic is an exceptional circumstance.
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