Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson says the revelations which revealed Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ curfew laws were not based off medical advice "is another very serious concern about the Victorian government's management of this issue". In an exchange between Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton and Neil Mitchell on radio station 3AW, Professor Sutton revealed the curfew in the state wasn’t based on his advice.
“For quite a long time I have been questioning whether the Victorian government has been able to justify all of the emergency restrictions,” Ms Henderson told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “It’s now clear that this curfew was not imposed based off medical expert advice, including from the chief health officer. “This is another very serious concern about the Victorian government’s management of this issue.
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SenSHenderson DanielAndrewsMP SenSHenderson very well spoken in this interview thank you for understanding how we are feeling in this state right now
SenSHenderson DanielAndrewsMP Why was curfew not always 9.00pm?
SenSHenderson DanielAndrewsMP Why? Did the numbers come down or not? Stop playing politics with this issue. FFS could you just not wait till it’s over?
SenSHenderson DanielAndrewsMP did she really say that? I mean she couldnt even win a blue ribbon seat when LNP was low flying and had to be gifted a senate seat..
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