SA government strikes deal with crossbench to end COVID emergency declaration

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A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia.

New laws designed to handle South Australia's COVID-19 management for the second half of this year are set to pass parliament.The government struck a deal with the Greens and SA Best to get the changes throughThe government has struck a deal with the Greens and SA Best in the Legislative Council, incorporating some crossbench amendments to the bill that passed the lower house earlier in the month.

"I continue to acknowledge and absolutely thank the work of both the Police Commissioner and Professor Nicola Spurrier in seeing the state through the events of COVID using that emergency management declaration. The proposed legislative reforms presented to parliament this month would allow SA Health to put controls in place through modifications to the Public Health Act.

Chief among them is that they give the government what the society has branded as "wide-ranging powers" to enforce COVID directions.

 

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AlboForPM

Since the SA election 18th March cases haven’t sunk below that day. How exactly are things getting better? All this year is worse than almost every day in 2020 & 2021!! Not gone yet.

Yeah coz it’s all good right? South Australia drinking koolade that’s dirtier than the Murray.

Yeah by making it worse by bringing in unessary rules by law

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