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The Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill passed the upper house by a thin margin of 20 votes to 18 on Thursday.

Victoria has recorded 1,188 new cases of Covid-19 and 11 deaths after the number of cases surged yesterday.

Fatigue set in and the MPs, sometimes confused over which clause was being debated, and sometimes calling one another “deranged”, tripped over their words.

Fatigue set in and the MPs, sometimes confused over which clause was being debated, and sometimes calling one another “deranged”, tripped over their words.

Legal experts say the Andrews government’s controversial pandemic laws will include the most rigorous safeguards against human rights abuses in the nation.

Upper house MPs spend 21 hours debating controversial legislation, which will now return to the lower house

The bill will now return to the lower house for approval of amendments - but looks set to be passed in a slightly diluted form.

Fatigue set in and the MPs, sometimes confused over which clause was being debated, and sometimes calling one another “deranged”, tripped over their words.

Rod Barton says changes that give parliament power to disallow pandemic orders make it ‘a much better and fairer bill’

The Victorian government has made significant changes to its controversial pandemic legislation to secure the extra vote it needs to pass parliament.