{"id":29929,"date":"2020-10-07T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29929"},"modified":"2020-10-07T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:04:15","slug":"covid-omnibus-detention-provisions-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29929","title":{"rendered":"COVID Omnibus Detention Provisions Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/COVID-19_Ominubus_Detention_Rejected.jpg\" alt=\"COVID Omnibus Detention Provisions Killed\" class=\"wp-image-29930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/COVID-19_Ominubus_Detention_Rejected.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/COVID-19_Ominubus_Detention_Rejected-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/COVID-19_Ominubus_Detention_Rejected-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>Dear Tom,<br> <br> <strong>Your voice just changed Victoria\u2019s future.<\/strong><br> <br> This afternoon, media is reporting that the Andrews Labor Government has  backflipped on its unprecedented attempt to strip away the rights of  Victorians with eleventh-hour changes to its COVID-19 Omnibus Bill.<br> <br> <strong>This change occurred after significant political, online and  media pressure from Victorians like you and your family, as the Liberal  Nationals were able to secure enough crossbenchers to stop this bad idea  from becoming law.<\/strong><br> <br> Media reports state the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/vic.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b41d3fa036ca9b7dab6afc524&amp;id=72d54b2019&amp;e=5ec9a50533\">fierce backlash from the Opposition and Upper House crossbench MPs over the new laws<\/a>\u201d  has forced Labor to \u201cabandon the controversial preventative detention  powers in the bill and tighten the scope of authorised officers\u201d.<br> <br> <strong>This is thanks to you. <\/strong><br> \u00a0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vic.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b41d3fa036ca9b7dab6afc524&amp;id=2f16c90f59&amp;e=5ec9a50533\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a> <br> With your support through our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vic.us3.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b41d3fa036ca9b7dab6afc524&amp;id=9867ff9191&amp;e=5ec9a50533\" target=\"_blank\">#NoConfidenceLabor<\/a>  campaign, we have blocked some of the most unprecedented, excessive and  open-to-abuse measures in this Bill, but we will look closely at the  new amended legislation and keep you updated on further issues as they  arise.<br> <br> Thank you again for joining with us to stand up for the rights and  freedoms of Victorians \u2013 many of whom will never know or understand just  how bad this law could have been.<br> <br> The Victorian Liberals will continue to fight to protect your freedoms.<br> <br> Yours sincerely,<br> \u00a0<br> <strong>MICHAEL O\u2019BRIEN MP<\/strong><br> Leader of the Liberal Party<br> Leader of the Victorian Opposition<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Tom, Your voice just changed Victoria\u2019s future. This afternoon, media is reporting that the Andrews Labor Government has backflipped on its unprecedented attempt to strip away the rights of Victorians with eleventh-hour changes to its COVID-19 Omnibus Bill. This change occurred after significant political, online and media pressure from Victorians like you and your &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29929\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;COVID Omnibus Detention Provisions Killed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29931,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29929\/revisions\/29931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}