Victoria Premier DanielAndrewsMP has defended his government's curfew laws as a strictly 'law enforcement issue' to ensure Victoria Police weren't 'spending hundreds of hours clearing out Maccas carparks'.
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Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has defended his government's curfew laws as a strictly "law enforcement issue" to ensure Victoria Police weren't "spending hundreds of hours clearing out Maccas carparks". "It was never an academic exercise and it's not a matter of public health advice, it is a law enforcement issue, he said.
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