Daniel Andrews ‘not just drunk on power’ but ‘abusing it’

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy says Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is “not just drunk on power” – he is “abusing it”.

Mr Guy discussed proposed laws which could strip the Victorian chief health officer of power in a pandemic and allow the Premier to have accountability for public health decisions.

The opposition leader said this would be giving “the most power-hungry politician in Australia licence to declare a pandemic” and ultimately giving him “the power to determine what he wants to do for an indefinite period of time”.

Accountability would rest not with “the cabinet, not his party room or caucus, not the Parliament but him,” Mr Guy said.

“Giving one person that amount of power doesn’t appear to be … anything that I can imagine to be democratic about it.”