Premier Daniel Andrews has again denounced demonstrators rallying outside parliament over Victoria’s pandemic bill, declaring “we’re safe not because everyone went to a protest but because everyone went to a vax hub”.
Victoria Police officers have surrounded the perimeter of Parliament House ahead of the pandemic bill vote - where the legislation could pass through the upper house as soon as Tuesday after last-minute support from an independent MP.
The Victorian government is scrambling to secure a vote to avoid seeing its controversial pandemic bill defeated, with debate on hold until at least Friday.