It was published in the Commonwealth’s own filing cabinet, where it sat in plain sight while institutions chose to follow the prevailing mood rather than interrogate the evidence. Only one Australian court ever reached the human rights question, because only one Parliament had armed it with one. In Johnston v Carroll, Martin SJA declared the Queensland Police Commissioner’ vaccination directions unlawful under section 58 of the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) – proper consideration of human rights had not been given – and restrained their enforcement. And the officials knew what they were doing because they understood the gravity of their decisions. The stick came and human rights exited.