TIME TO CEDE CONTROL
Western Victoria MP Bev McArthur used a Members Statement in Parliament today to call for the removal of the remaining COVID-19 restrictions.
Victoria has now not acquired a new coronavirus case for 39 consecutive days.
Mrs McArthur said, “Yet still, restrictions remain on businesses, community groups and individuals’ lives.
“The Premier must realise that the pandemic is not a justification for Government to intervene and control every aspect of our lives in perpetuity.
“With an absence of substantial risk, the Government has no right to dictate to businesses at what staff capacity they should operate, what number of people can be at a family Christmas lunch, or how many patrons a pub can serve.
“The Government claims they want the economy to be revitalised, but with these rules in still place, clearly their real intentions are different.
Mrs McArthur said that, “The Government should immediately repeal the health directives and cede control over Victorians’ lives.”
8 December 2020