However, this does not mean that we can expect things to return to normal. McGowan has flagged that rather than using the SOE to enforce rules like mask mandates in hospitals, the state government will rather look to creating new legislation to do the job.
Other than mask mandates, no other specific legislation to replace the SOE powers has been publicly discussed as yet.
I can’t help but wonder if the effect will be that many of the rules we have lived and currently live under will remain in place, just called by a different name.
From the article:
The Opposition has led calls for the state of emergency to cease and for the Government to instead pass laws through Parliament to enforce the remaining COVID rules.
Other State governments, such as South Australia and Victoria, made similar changes months ago.
The Premier on Tuesday flagged WA could follow suit by passing legislation allowing authorities to police the mask mandate at hospitals, aged-care homes and on public transport.
“We’re looking at what can be done in terms of having a different regime. As soon as we can do that, we will,” Mr McGowan said.
“That’s currently what we’re examining (passing legislation), as to whether or not we can do that. I think a lot of this is, sort of, people looking for things to criticise. The existing rules are very mild and very modest.
“We had to have a legislative instrument to enforce it, if we can create another legislative instrument to do that, as soon as we can, we will.”
It would be hard to justify maintaining an SOE with a curve like below.
WA daily new cases via Our World In Data
Maybe I’m a pessimist or maybe I’m just a realist, but I don’t have a great feeling about the SOE rolling back if the tyrants responsible for the past 900 days are planning to roll out new laws to replace it.
The problems are not the laws, they are just word written by stupid people printed on paper. What matters is what goes on inside people’s heads. If the majority of dimwit sheep who voted for these fools and couldn’t figure out yet what went on in the last couple of years agree with these measures and think their petty tyrant premier has kept them safe, then the politicians will think they’ll have the legitimacy to pass the law. Unfortunately the majority of the populace won’t wake up until the media that they trust (MSM) tells them what happened, because that is the only media they trust and will not and cannot think by themselves.
When will there be an emergency over continued governmental overreach imposed upon the populace by almost 2 1/2 years of an unjustifiable State of Emergency being in effect?
Truly sad. I hope you all pop the petty tyrants tires!! The CDC here is sort of back pedaling, and other federal government agency who revere CDC guidance, are giving up making non-jabbed employees routinely test for 'vid while the jabbed don't. Maybe my agency will give it up in the next couple of weeks. I've kept all the used home tests, nothing used on me has been thrown away
The problems are not the laws, they are just word written by stupid people printed on paper. What matters is what goes on inside people’s heads. If the majority of dimwit sheep who voted for these fools and couldn’t figure out yet what went on in the last couple of years agree with these measures and think their petty tyrant premier has kept them safe, then the politicians will think they’ll have the legitimacy to pass the law. Unfortunately the majority of the populace won’t wake up until the media that they trust (MSM) tells them what happened, because that is the only media they trust and will not and cannot think by themselves.
Yes, they'll be legislating tyrannical powers and devious 'control measures' for the climate lockdowns that will be coming down the pipeline.
When will there be an emergency over continued governmental overreach imposed upon the populace by almost 2 1/2 years of an unjustifiable State of Emergency being in effect?
More of the same, absolute joke
Truly sad. I hope you all pop the petty tyrants tires!! The CDC here is sort of back pedaling, and other federal government agency who revere CDC guidance, are giving up making non-jabbed employees routinely test for 'vid while the jabbed don't. Maybe my agency will give it up in the next couple of weeks. I've kept all the used home tests, nothing used on me has been thrown away