AFTER a dummy spit about having to hand in proof of his double vaccination, Member for Northern Victoria Tim Quilty has returned to State Parliament to vote against the government’s new pandemic laws.
Mr Quilty said last week he had been taking part in parliamentary activities from a closed nightclub near Parliament House, speaking to the chamber by audio-visual link.
However, any MP outside of the chamber is not allowed to vote, forcing Mr Quilty to submit his vaccine papers so that he could oppose the Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021.
“The three of us – David Limbrick, Catherine Cumming and I – wanted to protest the government’s requirement to access private medical information which they have no reason requesting,” he said.
“But this Bill was dropped on Parliament a few days ago and there is no way I could miss speaking up for all of the Victorians who have phoned, emailed or messaged on social media, urging me to get back in and join the fight against the Victorian Government.”
Mr Quilty said staying outside Parliament was the best way to get their proof of vaccination message across, but now the political sands had shifted.
“This legislation is edging Victoria several steps closer to a totalitarian regime, one in which Premier Daniel Andrews can – with zero consultation, whatsoever – force all 6.6 million Victorians to endure an ongoing state of emergency with all the resulting destruction we have seen over the past 18 months,” he said.
“I just can’t stay outside Parliament House while such awful legislation is being jammed through when I have an opportunity to fight against it.”
