Original article by Rachel Baxendale, Angelica Snowden
The Australian – Page: 5 : 11-Nov-21

The Victorian Bar has urged the state government to reconsider its controversial new pandemic laws. Amongst other things, it has expressed concern that the Department of Health could exercise its new powers under the legislation without sufficient oversight by parliament. Sixty barristers have in turn signed an open letter in which they warn that the legislation would enable the government to effectively rule the state by decree for the foreseeable future. The bill was passed by the lower house in October and will require the support of at least three crossbenchers in the upper house.

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