Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the state's coronavirus curfew after a Liberal MP requested an investigation by human rights organisations.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has dismissed a Liberal politician's human rights concerns about the state's curfew, saying it isn't about human rights but human life.
A post on Mr Wilson's Facebook page described the measure as "unnecessary, disproportionate, unreasonable and unjustified". "There's no doubt that while the curfew's been in place, there's been a reduction in the out-of-control parties, large parties, occurring in city-based apartments or elsewhere in the city," he told reporters on Friday.
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