I am urging you to demand that a Legislative Council committee scrutinise the WA Police Minister’s draconian two-year powers, described as “Temporary Covid-19 Provisions”. The powers are lazy, potentially harmful to human health, and have zero accountability. Former WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has slammed this bill as “lazy” and an attempt to avoid accountability. Dr O’Callaghan wrote in The West Australian (5 October 2022) that the bill lacks “any ministerial oversight”, contains no requirement to follow medical advice from the Chief Health Officer, and it hands the WA Police Commissioner powers to do anything but close the state border, all “without executive government being accountable to the public”. Anyone designated by the Minister as “authorised officers” would be empowered to take “any action necessary” for the “prevention, control and abatement of risks associated with Covid (including, without limitation, risks to economic and psychosocial wellbeing).” The “psychosocial”, feelings-based justification potentially legally underpins medically-unjustified mandates or restrictions across the whole state or a state-wide industry. The provision, “any action necessary”, appears to leave legal room for entry of a private residence without a warrant, and forced injections. Disclosure of information or orders to comply will be free of any criminal or civil liability, even if the covid officers or police officers act wrongfully towards a person. Please refer this bill to an upper house committee before Western Australians are subjected to even less democratic accountability and harm to fundamental human rights.

I am urging you to demand that a Legislative Council committee scrutinise the WA Police Minister’s draconian two-year powers, described as “Temporary Covid-19 Provisions”. The powers are lazy, potentially harmful to human health, and have zero accountability. Former WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has slammed this bill as “lazy” and an attempt to avoid accountability. Dr O’Callaghan wrote in The West Australian (5 October 2022) that the bill lacks “any ministerial oversight”, contains no requirement to follow medical advice from the Chief Health Officer, and it hands the WA Police Commissioner powers to do anything but close the state border, all “without executive government being accountable to the public”. Anyone designated by the Minister as “authorised officers” would be empowered to take “any action necessary” for the “prevention, control and abatement of risks associated with Covid (including, without limitation, risks to economic and psychosocial wellbeing).” The “psychosocial”, feelings-based justification potentially legally underpins medically-unjustified mandates or restrictions across the whole state or a state-wide industry. The provision, “any action necessary”, appears to leave legal room for entry of a private residence without a warrant, and forced injections. Disclosure of information or orders to comply will be free of any criminal or civil liability, even if the covid officers or police officers act wrongfully towards a person. Please refer this bill to an upper house committee before Western Australians are subjected to even less democratic accountability and harm to fundamental human rights.

I am urging you to demand that a Legislative Council committee scrutinise the WA Police Minister’s draconian two-year powers, described as “Temporary Covid-19 Provisions”. The powers are lazy, potentially harmful to human health, and have zero accountability. Former WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has slammed this bill as “lazy” and an attempt to avoid accountability. Dr O’Callaghan wrote in The West Australian (5 October 2022) that the bill lacks “any ministerial oversight”, contains no requirement to follow medical advice from the Chief Health Officer, and it hands the WA Police Commissioner powers to do anything but close the state border, all “without executive government being accountable to the public”. Anyone designated by the Minister as “authorised officers” would be empowered to take “any action necessary” for the “prevention, control and abatement of risks associated with Covid (including, without limitation, risks to economic and psychosocial wellbeing).” The “psychosocial”, feelings-based justification potentially legally underpins medically-unjustified mandates or restrictions across the whole state or a state-wide industry. The provision, “any action necessary”, appears to leave legal room for entry of a private residence without a warrant, and forced injections. Disclosure of information or orders to comply will be free of any criminal or civil liability, even if the covid officers or police officers act wrongfully towards a person. Please refer this bill to an upper house committee before Western Australians are subjected to even less democratic accountability and harm to fundamental human rights.

I am urging you to demand that a Legislative Council committee scrutinise the WA Police Minister’s draconian two-year powers, described as “Temporary Covid-19 Provisions”. The powers are lazy, potentially harmful to human health, and have zero accountability. Former WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has slammed this bill as “lazy” and an attempt to avoid accountability. Dr O’Callaghan wrote in The West Australian (5 October 2022) that the bill lacks “any ministerial oversight”, contains no requirement to follow medical advice from the Chief Health Officer, and it hands the WA Police Commissioner powers to do anything but close the state border, all “without executive government being accountable to the public”. Anyone designated by the Minister as “authorised officers” would be empowered to take “any action necessary” for the “prevention, control and abatement of risks associated with Covid (including, without limitation, risks to economic and psychosocial wellbeing).” The “psychosocial”, feelings-based justification potentially legally underpins medically-unjustified mandates or restrictions across the whole state or a state-wide industry. The provision, “any action necessary”, appears to leave legal room for entry of a private residence without a warrant, and forced injections. Disclosure of information or orders to comply will be free of any criminal or civil liability, even if the covid officers or police officers act wrongfully towards a person. Please refer this bill to an upper house committee before Western Australians are subjected to even less democratic accountability and harm to fundamental human rights.