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Questions Without Notice - Healthcare Workers and COVID-19
Hospitals in some parts of the world, often those places with past experiences of SARS, have achieved low or zero rates of health worker infections. Given the substantial risk of another increase in incidence, what do Victorian hospitals plan to do differently to protect their staff from infection?
Council Elections, School Safety, Gas, Federal Budget, Metre Matters and Local News
In this edition, Council elections School safety survey State Parliament update The problem with gas Federal Budget - New Jobs or public money for mates? Metre Matter Laws Local News
Government backdown on Omnibus Bill welcome
The Victorian Greens welcome the significant changes proposed by the Government to the controversial elements of its Omnibus Bill. It has finally listened to our concerns and those of the community.
Police And Emergency Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
We should by now all be painfully aware in Victoria that allocating jobs to people who do not have the required levels of skill, training and oversight may seem convenient in the short term but ultimately causes more trouble than it solves, and that is why the Greens will be...
COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2020
We will amend the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2020, so police, PSOs, security guards are not given power to decide who gets detained under health emergency powers.
Matters of public importance COVID-19
'As probably one of the few members with training in infectious diseases epidemiology I find that I am actually less certain about most of this than just about everybody else in this chamber.'
Public Health And Wellbeing Amendment (state Of Emergency Extension And Other Matters) Bill 2020
The Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (State of Emergency Extension and Other Matters) Bill 2020 extends the total time for which a state of emergency can remain in force by another six months for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Protecting health workers from coronavirus
I’m very concerned that our health system hasn’t done as much as possible to protect staff. Hospitals in other countries have achieved low or zero rates of infection in staff and we need to learn from them.