IN a passing vote of six to one, Swan Hill Rural City Council agreed with a motion that they would write to state politicians opposing the 'Pandemic Bill', which would give the Victorian state premier and health minister powers to declare what constitutes a pandemic and enforce health directions, rather than the chief medical officer.

The motion was introduced at November's general meeting by Cr Stuart King, who, in his preamble, said the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 was "a direct threa