Gallows and death threats: why is Victoria’s pandemic bill so polarising? - a podcast by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

Victoria is opening up, with a wide range of freedoms returning from midnight on Thursday.

The announcement comes ahead of state of emergency laws, which governed everything from mask wearing to density caps in venues, expiring on December 15.The government’s plan to replace those laws with a controversial new pandemic legislation was thrown into chaos after former minister Adem Somyurek announced he’d vote against the bill.

Today on Please Explain, state political editor Annika Smethurst joins Bianca Hall to discuss Victoria’s new-found freedoms and the fractious debate around the state government’s new pandemic laws.Subscribe to The Age&SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/

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