If there was any doubt about the anger over Victoria's Premier giving himself greater emergency powers.. just look at these pictures from Melbourne yesterday. No one's sure what the exact crowd number was.. but it's been put in the 10s of thousands - Melbourne's biggest demonstration since the pandemic began. Throughout the crowd there were placards opposing a controversial bill being debated in the Victorian Parliament. It would transfer powers from the Chief Health Officer to the Premier.. giving him the authority to declare a pandemic emergency for up to three months. Currently, a State of Emergency needs to be declared every four weeks. Premier Daniel Andrews is currently one vote short of getting the bill through Parliament.. with debate to continue this week.. along with the protests.
For more on this developing story, Weekend Sunrise host Monique Wright was joined by Victoria's Opposition Leader, Matthew Guy, and the leader of Victoria's Justice Party, Derryn Hinch.
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