Silks, retired judges call for no-vote on 'unprecedented' COVID-19 emergency powers

Silks, retired judges call for no-vote on ‘unprecedented’ COVID-19 emergency powers

COVID-19 2020-09-22 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield | Melbourne

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Leading senior barristers and former judges are urging Victoria’s upper house to oppose the Andrews government’s COVID-19 Omnibus bill, saying legislation allowing citizens to make arrests was an overreach.

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