Government ignores calls to bring back move-on laws
The Andrews government continues to ignore pleas from police to bring back the move-on laws that Labor repealed.
These laws gave police the power to head off violent protests before they happened, but now police have to wait until violence breaks out before they can do act.
As the police association says “Weakened, watered down or repealed legislation makes the job for our members a lot more difficult.
“(And) the courts need to do their fair share of the heavy lifting, to impose sentences which will act as a deterrent.”
For the Herald Sun’s report on the Police Association’s calls, see Cops push for laws to police protests.
See also The Australian’s report on the role of unions in supporting the hard-left activists involved in the weekend’s riots, at Laws flagged to unmask violent activists, and the Herald-Sun’s report on the left wing social media abuse of a small business hotel owner because right-wing protesters went to his pub, at Pumphouse Hotel under attack.