Marathon debate on Victoria's pandemic bill ends but final vote may still be days away | Victoria
Upper house MPs spend 21 hours debating controversial legislation, which will now return to the lower house
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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.