The Andrews Labor government has indicated that it will not have enough time to release the findings of two independent reviews into covid rules related to mandates and health orders prior to the election in November.
Despite the independent reviews being made available to the government last week, Health Minister Mary-Ann Thomas claims the two sitting days left in Parliament will not be enough time for her department to consider advice on the contents of the reviews prior to release.
The independent reviews were a part of a mechanism to provide transparency and accountability around rules and health orders placed on Victorian as the Labor government secured votes for the permanent pandemic legislation with the help of cross-benchers Fiona Patten, Samantha Ratnam, Andy Meddick and Rod Barton.
There is currently a motion in the Upper House led by the opposition party which would allow the parliament extra sitting days in October if passed. This would allow for the four sitting days set aside in the legislation for the Health Minister to table the reviews for public release, without this it is not clear if any steps will be taken by the Andrews government to release any information to the public about the reviews prior to the election.
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Election… Yeah right.
And the Victoria flogs will still vote him back in , deserve what they get blind fools
And you guys will still play along with triple brackets Democracy LOL!
They certainly went out of their way when they wanted the "state of emergency" legislation extended. It can happen, but in this case it won't.
Anyone who "votes' is giving these criminals permission to carry on ! Grow some GD brains FFS! The People are the only ones that can take back their land. Speak some bloody TRUTH Rukshan !
"Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one, If they ever figure that out, there goes OUR way of Life!" ….
Dirty Andrews strike again as an cowardly thug .
If we did not protest we would still be going though endless lockdowns
It is very obvious that if the report was in their favour they would show it. So clearly it it shows gross mismanagement.
If Victorians need a report to tell them they have been getting screwed for years by the Andrews govt.,
and don't vote Dictator Dan out, then there is no hope for them or their State.
Love the work you do great job
This government is so fkn corrupt
Remember in November.
It doesn't matter. You'd have to be a utter fool to think that despite every other arm of government being completely, unreformably corrupt and politically captured by Dan.. The electoral commission is pristine and untouched.
Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list, in some months time you'll be ecstatic with the decision you made today.
They won’t release it, because it makes them look horrible. I guess they got what they wanted.
They will release it after, when they are “voted” in.
If you cannot question the science it’s not science.
Ofcoarse he won't release it
Totally cool and normal.
Dictator has his way … again.
They don't want anyone to here the negative comments from the independent body prior to the election.
Dirty stinking corrupt government under Dan Andrews.
Easy solution tell people to assume they are hiding things so vote them out …they ruined a great country…kick em out..remember the last 2 years of dictatorship and ruined lives …reminds me of Nzi Germany..
Leak the report
Why cant they sit for more days as it is super important
Completely evil!!!!!
This Andrews government lack of integrity is astonishing in the least and it has the transparency of LEAD. The reports must be scathing of their mismanagement or they would have rushed to have them released to the parliament.
I've seen corruption at what i thought was bad enough, but this government takes corruption to the absolute highest of evils.
Time will tell if he brainwashed enough …….. if he didn’t he will use dominion to get re elected
If he wins Australia is finished
The sad reality is this….he will most likely get back in as the bulk of the public only believe what the talking heads on the magic box tell them to believe.
It's been a very long time since the media was unbiased and it won't swing back towards sanity and decency anytime soon.
A recent poll I saw said over 50% of men said he was doing a great job, and over 90% of women said the same.
Fear sells so the msm peddle it non stop, and most people will do anything and believe any garbage they're fed for the illusion of safety.
They're all very quite tonight, Dan bc you only let them ask certain questions, or they aren't allowed to attend the press conference, or get arrested (eg. Avi Yemini). Wakeup Victoria, never forget.
Breaking news! There is not enough time to hold an election before the next term. But we will hold a review about that at a later date.
This has become the norm with Corrupt Gov in this country do what they want when they want and phuck the public
Thanks mate
It's more than a shame, it's appalling. I believe that the evidence contained within the report – as long as it's based on actual facts – would incriminate Dan and his cronies yet again. This, of course, would be detrimental to the elections outcomes. Or maybe, there are so many more people now, who see through our government's actions. Let's hope so.
Voting should definitely be as a result of past and present actions of the candidates. And NOT based on promises. We know that their promises have almost all been broken. This too, should be considered as their past action. They reflect whether they can be trusted or not.
Voting is an act of aggression towards freedom and all truly freedom wise humans.
Look, we're going to need 75 years to release these reviews.
Why isn't the floposition doing anything about it? Are they complicit in the whole thing? Me thinks so!
If Libs don't attack this lack of transparency with all their might, then they are part of the communist, Labor Party!
If Andrews is voted back in then victorians are too stupid to deserve freedom, keep the sheep locked up where they can be herded, taxxed, jabbed and masked.
from a bat, …. no, from a rat… no, from China,…. no it was from the west – no no no brainwashed its just the "fLeW" re-catorgorised
Andrews is a malignant tumor that Victoria must excise with extreme prejudice…
Yet they can push through legislation through parliament that is of benefit to them extremely quickly and yet they can't do an independent review in a few days is quite funny.
Like the Federal election the majority of low info voters, will probably vote Dan the man with diabolical plan, back into office.
Wait, they only sit for two more days between now and november? Even by government standards that seems low.
Daniel Andrews is a massive ✊. Surely the Victorians couldn't be stupid enough to vote him in again.
I’m sure if the report is a glowing affirmation of the great job they did it would be front page news.