HeВ says this group will be made up of 'public health, human rights and other experts and wider community representatives who will be established to specifically advise on the pandemic response and management powers'. Mr Foley says any advice provided by the proposed independentВ pandemic management advisory committee must also be tabled in parliament. Under the proposedВ new laws,В the health minister would sign off on public health orders, rather than the chief health officer. Allowing people experiencing financial hardship to apply for lesser fines.Creating an independent pandemic management advisory committee.A person who fails to comply with a health order and knows that could cause a health risk to others can be fined up to $90,500, while businesses face fines of up to $452,500 for breaching the rules.Allowing for prison sentences of up to two years for people who knowingly breach a health order and causeВ serious health risks to another individual.Providing the health minister the power to make pandemic orders.Allowing that pandemic status to be extended for up to three months at a time without a maximum time period.Giving the premier the power to declare a pandemic.The Victorian government says its proposed legislation will create 'purpose-built' laws for a pandemic. The proposed laws are designed to replace the State of Emergency, which has been used during this pandemic, but had to be renewed every four weeks. Catch up on the main COVID-19 news from November 16 with a look back at our blog What powers does the bill give and who gets them? So what exactly is involved in the Victorian government's pandemic bill being introduced into parliament today?ДЄnd why are the state government's critics so concerned? The Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy describesВ the proposed laws as 'an incredible attack on democracy.' Victoria's Health Minister, Martin Foley, insists the legislation 'cements this Victorian Parliament and this public health response as the most accountable, transparent and public health-focused system in the Commonwealth'. When it comes to Victoria's proposed new pandemic laws there are some widely differingВ views.

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