Victorian Liberal Democrats MP David Limbrick also narrowly lost a motion – 16 votes to 16, one short of the necessary majority – in the state’s upper house, calling for a fresh parliamentary inquiry into the Andrews government’s response to the pandemic, despite being shut out from the vote for failing to declare his vaccination status. The levels are well below the Burnet model, which projected a median hospitalisation peak of 3150 admissions and 706 patients in ICU by late October. Hospitalisations have fallen to 747, the lowest admission number since October 14 and ICU numbers are down to 138, the lowest since October 11. Professor Adrian Esterman said “the Victorian peak looks as though it occurred around the 15th October” with Melbourne University’s Chris Billington predicting the cases could fall below 1000 a day by Monday. He warned there was no limit on the restrictions imposed in the bill and no limit on the time which the orders might last. “The ability to target the exercise of powers against particular communities is unjustified and alarming,” Stewart Maiden, QC, posted on LinkedIn. The Liberals are seeking high-level legal advice on the bill and talks will be sought to secure crossbench support for an amendment that would allow a decision by the Premier to be overturned by the courts, one source close to the discussions said. Nationals MP Steph Ryan said she suspected a deal by the Andrews government with key crossbench MP Fiona Patten to rush through sex work decriminalisation laws, which were debated on Wednesday, to secure her support, as well as undisclosed promises on safe injecting rooms and abolishing the Lord’s Prayer from Parliament. The Victorian opposition accused the government of “ ramming through” the new laws – only released to the public on the same day they were to be debated in the lower house – which they claim give “dictatorial” powers to the Premier.ĭaniel Andrews says he is not letting unvaccinated tennis players in.
The Andrews government may have to agree to give a judge oversight of sweeping pandemic powers under a proposed change being discussed with key Victorian crossbenchers behind the scenes.
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