The new laws, which the premier hopes to pass next month despite fierce opposition, state a person can be fined $21,909 for breaching a pandemic order.
Bar President Christopher Blanden QC launched an unprecedented attack on Dan Andrews draconian new state of emergency legislation now going through the Victorian Parliament.
The controversial new laws allow the premier to declare a pandemic for an unlimited time and could see rulebreakers jailed for two years and fined up to $454,350.
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