Thread by @SuxHypocrisy

1/ How good is bypassing democracy.
The Liberals made 33 changes to laws over Christmas & made them 'exempt from disallowance' (Can't be challenged or stopped)
The LNP led senate committee for 'scrutiny of bills' said NOT 1 of them was justified.
#Auspol #FederalICAC

2/ The bypassing of democracy is scandalous, the exempt from disallowance provisions are meant for administration or critically urgent.
When the LNP⬆️debt limit to $1.2T it was done using delegated legislation & the exempt from disallowance power👇
The abuse of the

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exempt from disallowance issue has been repeatedly raised by the Senate committee for the last 2 years.
From Jan 1st 2020 to July 30 2020 the Liberals used it on 48 of the 249 legislative instruments made in those 6 months.

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Additional super powers are given to the government when a Bio Sec Emergency is declared. We are in the 8th extension now.
The committee is unanimous in its agreement both the 'delegated legislation and/or the 'exempt from disallowance' powers are being used inappropriately

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If the 'delegated legislation' option is chosen and NOT made 'exempt from disallowance' the parliament has 14 days to challenge it. In the past the changes were minor and obvious and they were waved through. We are now seeing major changes of laws and funding allocations.

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The abuse of 'exempt from disallowance' powers removes a fundamental feature of a representative democracy.
Along with the bypassing of parliament, we also have the abuse of the 'no longer be heard' power in parliament.
#AlboForPM

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