A state MP has said that the rights and freedoms of Australians have been incrementally chipped away during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the unprecedented newly proposed pandemic laws potentially giving Victorian leaders “unfettered power” over the lives of the state’s residents.
Neil Angus, the Liberal Party member for Forest Hill, says that 20 months ago—at the beginning of the pandemic—many Victorians would not have anticipated health restrictions such as curfews or limits on travel within a few kilometres of their home.
