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‘Unconstrained powers’: Top legal minds warn Andrews government bill enables arbitrary detention
The body representing Victoria's barristers has written to the Andrews government to warn that proposed laws to detain potential spreaders of coronavirus could...
The letter from Victorian Bar president Wendy Harris, QC, to Attorney-General Jill Hennessy outlined the organisation’s concerns with the Omnibus (Emergency…
- Paul Sakkal, Noel Towell and David Estcourt
- The Age
The Bar’s letter coincided with the emergence of a separate letter on Tuesday from a group of retired judges and leading QCs, who warned Premier Daniel Andrews…
Meanwhile in the Supreme Court, the state government was given until 2pm on…