‘Seeking to Put More Controls on People’: Australian PM on State’s Pandemic Bill

‘Seeking to Put More Controls on People’: Australian PM on State’s Pandemic Bill
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (L) and Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews (R) depart after attending a Remembrance Day service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on Nov. 11, 2021. William West / AFP via Getty Images
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has weighed in on the Victoria state government’s Pandemic Bill that would see Premier Dan Andrews given unprecedented power to declare pandemics and grant himself the emergency powers that have been controversially enforced in recent months.

Speaking to Neil Mitchell on 3AW Friday, Morrison refused to be drawn to criticise the move but pointed out that Victoria was going in the “opposite” direction than the Commonwealth.
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