Vic COVID-19 bill powers worry QCs, judges

Roger Vaughan

Prominent legal figures want the Victorian government to change its controversial COVID-19 Omnibus bill, calling some of the provisions “unprecedented, excessive and open to abuse”.

Reason Party MP Fiona Patten also will not vote for the bill unless there are amendments…

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“This will be something that I would probably want voted on clause by clause and I will not support these amendments to create these new powers because they’re just not needed,” she told 3AW on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, Ms Patten voted for the government’s six-month extension of emergency powers.

The legislation was watered down from 12 months and only passed after negotiations with Ms Patten and other crossbenchers.

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