Those alive now have an inalienable right to make changes to suit current conditions?
Ipso fatso,
On the nail ! And, only the revenue producers should be allowed to make those decisions !
Public Service Bureaucrats should not be allowed to vote !

All Australians have rights to a degree. And not just so-called revenue earners, who have their revenue earned for them by mostly other folks!

There're several issues we face of an order of magnitude way above the very temporary closure of state borders. One of them is the constant meddling in our affairs by China to change outcomes?

They want us to shut down manufacture and buy all our manufactured goods from them as we export raw materials and play host to around a million foreign nationals?

One of the things they want to change is the fact that we intend to mine and refine rare-earth! And completely shot China plans for this commodity and the industrial blackmail, down in flames? She was trying on the total transfer of manufacturing and technology using this as their ace in the hole, bargaining chip!

I suggest the pandemic and essential border closures has been timely and requires of us to revitalise manufacturing and processing in this country! To that end, we need to reform our current energy policy, given the current paradigm is not fit for the above purpose! See the FB public domain vids I've shared, to understand what is poss.
Alan B.

All Australians have rights to a degree. And not just so-called revenue earners, who have their revenue earned for them by mostly other folks!
Alan N,
Ideally yes, as things stand no ! We have a situation where those who contribute the least end up with the biggest slices of the cake. Why ? Because the system has been manipulated by them under the hood of "Education" whereby anyone "educated" is automatically deemed entitled to receive more than those who produce the goods & revenue we all live off.
Let me make this crystal clear; I don't think anyone has a problem with educated people who pull their weight. The problem are those who don't yet still occupy positions, particularly in Govt funded institutions, where literally nothing of value to anyone is produced at way above average wages/salaries. I have witnessed very competent people being replaced by more "educated" ones yet the former performed many times better ! It's gotten to a stage now where all one needs is a BA & presto, they got the job, no questions asked ! This is wrong ! We must employ people by merit, not by mere Uni attendance !

Suppose the author is correct and the border closures are indeed unconstitutional - so what?