Victoria’s new ‘Stalinist’ legislation goes against all civil liberties | Sky News Australia

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the Victorian government’s new “Stalinist” bill will give the same people who ruined hotel quarantine sweeping and unprecedented policing powers. The Andrews government is expected to introduce the COVID-19 Omnibus Measures Amendment Bill which endows particular public servants with the powers of an ‘authorised officer’ to enforce public health interventions.

Mr Dean said the “mind boggles” at these new sweeping authoritarian powers, especially given that the bill entitles the same public servants who failed with hotel quarantine “the powers to run around arresting people”. “This is what happens when you have Lefty lunatics running your government and riddled throughout your bureaucracy; this is what you get, disaster after disaster”.

rowandean The Federal LNP censored internet access to non violent content sharing websites. Empowered law enforcement with the ability to remote access & confiscate personal devices without warrants. They also want to introduce facial recognition devices around Australia. Orwellian anyone?

rowandean Rowan gets upset because the premier is going hard on law and order. It's what Rowan wanted, BLM, African gangs, Rowan always wanted a rise in law and order. Well dummy spitter, you got it. Now you say you don't want it? Make up your messed up mind.

rowandean Stalinist..? Is it not the Coalition who refused jobkeeper to TAFEs and Universities?!!

CathBird5 rowandean Stalinists only respect or thing. Is it our turn now?

rowandean Once you get the power, you won't want to give it back.

rowandean So true, Rowan, Victoria Parliament bill akin to legislation passed in an East European Stalinist dictatorship. Scary !

rowandean So there are online stories that there have been Hotel quarantine stuff ups all over Australia.And yet we only hear about the ones in Victoria.And people wonder why Rupert Murdoch is a cancer in Aus that we need to get rid of.

rowandean Well done sky. Using the term Stalinist is uninformed and provocative and disrespectful to those who suffered under that regime. Ruperts hacks meeting kpi’s again.

rowandean Advertising person employs the word Stalinist? Stalinist? This is getting too stupid. boycottMurdoch

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rowandean The problem for Rowan and the journos who write for the Murdoch press, is that most Victorians are with DanielAndrewsMP thus appealing to a minority market. Andrews has 6 years of excellent results, on the back of 4 years of destruction by LiberalVictoria WeStandWithDan

rowandean He needs to go now Rowan. The man has not only had 700 die because of his Fawlty Towers debacles but now he wants to rule with an iron fist with public servants. The man is a serious threat to democracy.

rowandean Oh, Sky News - the one anti-labor media company.

rowandean Liberals looking for new leader

rowandean No! Sky News trying to make trouble for a Labor Government?! Good grief. Who would have guessed? What a tired old 78 your babbling rabble are.

rowandean What, he's going to give sweeping and unprecedented policing powers to Scott Morrison? He's the one who foisted quarantine (a federal responsibility) onto the states who weren't equipped to do so

rowandean you people are thick, it is not up to a right wing nut Job who runs Victoria, don't know who you think this helps but then again Sky has been pretending to be the Victorian opposition, sky where journalism goes to die

rowandean Grifters gunna grift.

rowandean Rowan Dean = arse clown.

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rowandean 'Stalinist'? I guess it's coming from Australia's self professed 'Dumbest man' so if he believes it then it must be true

rowandean Not sure many Australians would welcome someone with COVID at the pub they're drinking at, but, yes, their right not to self-isolate should be held sacrosanct

rowandean That's the biggest piece of crap, the most leftist state 😂🤣😂🤣 where have you been, in the dark with the fungi. They put ankle bracelets on people in WA FFS.

rowandean Has Dean seen a psychiatrist yet? Why is he still allowed to spout garbage on TV?

rowandean This is hardly holodomor 🤦‍♂️ but here’s hoping newscorp journalist get eaten by the Victorian vegan hipsters first! BoycottMurdoch

rowandean I've watched him a couple of times, had to gag, so full of crap, if anything Sky has turned me from a conservative to an alp supporter

rowandean Hahaha, rowandean you have become, yet again, a target of a concerted attack of the brainless 'I-stand-with-Dan' trolls! Thanks for the great show!

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rowandean Very CCP

rowandean Australians were very vocal against similar laws in Hong Kong. The federal government is very quiet about this. Why ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP ? Do you condone Victorians being detained indefinitely without charge because a public servants thinks they might speak out?

rowandean You don't stop, do you? The country celebrating dwindling cases in Vic, thanks to premier DanielAndrewsMP and his team and *most* amazing Victorians. Yet you persist with the flogging. You are disgusting. IStandWithDan

rowandean That poor bastard dean is not right in the head.

rowandean Lol, ain't nobody got time for Rowan Dean until he swallows his pride and says ThanksDan

rowandean Who listens to him ? He’s got 10 viewers and all of them are news staff 🤔

rowandean Just like the bill to extend SOE was passed on deals do with people!!!

rowandean Yeah ok sky news. How about you actually report something unbiased? Oh wait that’s right you wouldn’t know how

rowandean RowanDean is so extremist he obviously doesn’t care how many Victorians die! SkyNewsAust continues to push it’s hard-right Murdoch propaganda .. with its looney propagandist mouthpieces. Meanwhile DanielAndrews stays focused on saving lives. DanAndrewsSavesLives COVID19Vic

rowandean Bill has to be passed by the parliament before it becomes a law. That's how things work in democracy, if not happy move Skynews staff to China.

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