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The Victorian government's pandemic legislation is set to become law following marathon debate in parliament's upper house.
Victorian upper house MPs have debated the state government's pandemic legislation through the night, after some last-minute changes were made to the bill to secure the support of an additional MP.
Members of the Legislative Council continued to debate the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill on Wednesday morning.
Dan Andrews' (pictured) divisive pandemic legislation is set to become law following marathon debate in parliament's upper house through Tuesday night
The bill, which gives the premier and health minister the power to declare a pandemic and enforce restrictions, is set to replace the state of emergency that expires on December 15.
The government has secured the support of crossbenchers Transport Matters MP Rod Barton, Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick, Reason Party MP Fiona Patten and Greens leader Samantha Ratnam to pass the bill.
It had initially thought the bill would pass last sitting week with the support of Mr Meddick, Ms Patten and Ms Ratnam but needed an additional vote after former Labor minister Adem Somyurek declared he would return from a self-imposed absence to vote against it.
Transport Matters MP Rod Barton (pictured) has a vital crossbench vote in the Victorian Upper House and has persusaded Mr Andrews to make concessions to his proposed bill
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