The Country Liberal Party is concerned new transitional COVID legislation will give the Chief Health Officer significant powers for the next two years.
The Northern Territory opposition is sounding the alarm over the government's new transitional COVID laws, claiming it will give "extraordinary power" to the Chief Health Officer for the next two years.The legislation will extend the CHO's powers as the NT transitions out of a pandemic emergency phaseThe bill is expected to pass NT Parliament in May
It extends the current powers available to the CHO — which are due to expire in three months — including directing people to test and isolate, enforcing vaccine mandates and ordering lockdowns and lockouts where necessary. "The proposed amendments will ensure that the CHO can retain refined powers in an adjustment period transitioning out of the pandemic to an endemic," she said.
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