South Australia became the first when Dame Roma Mitchell was appointed governor in 1991. (Public Document) L inda Marion Dessau, WAS UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED TO HER ROLE AND POSITION. The Victorian Government acknowledges Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and pays respect to their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging. Prior to her appointment to the Family Court, she was a magistrate in the Childrens Court, Coroners Court and the Melbourne Magistrates Court, a barrister at the Victorian Bar, and Senior Crown Counsel in Hong Kong. In response to questions from the Guardian, a spokesman for Staley said the MP was not alleging any wrongdoing, purely posing some simple questions that many Victorians are asking. Since her appointment as governor in 2015, Ms Dessau and Mr Howard have become patrons to more than 160 community organisations. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. Victoria's controversial pandemic legislation has become law after it was given royal assent by the state's Governor Linda Dessau on Tuesday. Ms Dessau served as a Judge of the Family Court from 1995 to 2013. Despite growing frustration with Mr Andrews, he remains on track for a third term based on Newspoll data from late November. But here another principle also applies the separation of powers. The governor is as much bound as anyone else to obey the law, and is therefore entitled to refuse advice to breach it. links between the groups leader and a number of far-right organisations, examined the links between the premier and the family, at an entirely different location having dinner with his wife on the night in question. Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed Ms Dessau, a former Family Court judge and AFL commissioner, would stay on until June 2023 this morning after her term had been officially approved by the Queen. This is no time to revive the divine right of kings. Daniel Michael Andrews (born 6 July 1972) is an Australian politician. Unique among Australian jurisdictions, Victoria has never had a female Vice-Regal representative. The bill gives Victoria's Premier and Health Minister power to declare a pandemic three months at a time and enforce restrictions. The Victorian Government acknowledges Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Country throughout Victoria and pays respect to their cultures and Elders past, present and emerging. Parliament or a committee can also refer matters to the Ombudsman, Aggravated offences have been removed from the bill. Premier Daniel Andrews will likely declared a pandemic under the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021, as the State of Emergency powers expire on December 15. Anne Twomey is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sydney, and a born and bred Victorian. A Chair and Board Member of the Melbourne Festival and a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, Ms Dessau has helped make our state Australias cultural capital. A series of articles on the site claims, for example, that the deadly Port Arthur massacre was a government-sanctioned terror event; pushes the QAnon theory that Hollywood celebrities have been rounded up for child pornography and ritual, satanic abuse of young children; or claims that Covid-19 is a psyop. A deal was finally struck after the Andrews government agreed to make a number of amendments to the legislation to "curb the powers" of Mr Andrews. Since then, conspiracy rumours have centred on trucking magnate Lindsay Fox and a former PricewaterhouseCoopers executive, Luke Sayers. He has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Labor Party since 2010. From 2010 to 2014, Andrews was Leader of the Opposition in that state. #BREAKING: The 'Kill The Bill' petition with more than 125,000 signatures has been delivered to Victorian Governor Linda Dessau. The separation of the judiciary and this parliament is so important.". In addition to supporting the Governor in her work, Mr Howard has been a driving force in continuing and expanding the community tours program at Government House, just one way in which he and the Governor have made Government House more accessible to Victorians. Government . "My husband Tony and I are delighted to be asked to continue our service to the people of Victoria.". The premier cited her leadership and compassion during the state's most challenging times, including in the aftermath of the Bourke Street attack in January 2017 and as patron for the 10th anniversary of the 2009 bushfires earlier this year. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a2ce32dacc4d669 But her statement, which also called for the premier to answer the questions if there is no cover-up, followed a long-running conspiracy narrative which emerged almost immediately after Andrews announced his accident on 9 March. In her early years as a lawyer, the Governor practised in commercial litigation and family law as a solicitor at Wisewoulds, later specialising in family law after signing the Roll of Counsel at the Victorian Bar in 1979. So too did a post by the far-right actor Blair Cottrell on the same day. Yet there is another first that needs to be acknowledged and celebrated: she is also the state's first Jewish Governor. The couple had made the news official in the Australian Jewish News and on social media. Graham said the political weaponisation of conspiracy theories had been seen to be insidiously effective, particularly in cases such as Andrews where the relationship with the Fox family provided seeds of truth to pursue. She came with her husband, Anthony Howard, and their two sons.. inda M. Dessau sat on the bench as a Judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013. His dual standards and continuous rejection of answering to the people of Victoria, but hiding behind his self originated Judicial inquiry, demonstrates complete indifference to the people of Victoria.y. The Governor has also provided outstanding leadership and compassion during some of Victorias most challenging times, including in the aftermath of the Bourke Street attack in January 2017 and as the Patron for the 10 Year Anniversary of the 2009 Bushfires. She was a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013.[3]. People fought and died for this democracy. It brought into being the Commonwealth of England. As the hotel quarantine inquiry has shown, no member of the current Victorian Parliament is aware of who made the decision to employ private security firms instead of the Australian Defence Personal, as was done so by every other State and Territory throughout Australia, leads to no confidence in the decision-making abilities of the Premier and these Senior Ministers for the people of Victoria. It is the constitution that rules, and the role of the governor is to support the constitution and the fundamental principles that underlie it, such as representative and responsible government, the rule of law and the separation of powers. Ms Dessau's initial five-year term was due to expire next year but Premier Daniel Andrews says the Queen has accepted his request for her to stay on until June 30, 2023. After being grounded for the entirety of the pandemic, the twice-appointed Victorian governor visited no fewer than six countries. Victoria's controversial pandemic legislation has become law after it was given royal assent by the state's Governor Linda Dessau on Tuesday. It gives to the courts, not the governor, the power to decide what is unconstitutional or unlawful. To join the conversation, please Bu kampanyac deitirmek istedii bir konuda harekete geti ve kampanyasn balatt. Commencing with the public statement, at the inauguration, by Premier and CEO Daniel Andrews MP, who stated, from his prepared and read statement, it is quoted - Establish a new joint committee, the Pandemic Declaration Accountability and Oversight Committee (PDAOC), which would be chaired by a non-government MP and would have a majority of members who are not from the government, to make recommendations about health, Health directions could be disallowed on the advice of the PDAOC if supported by a majority joint sitting of both the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council', The pandemic-specified legislation would need to be reviewed independently by health and law experts, beginning 18 months after the laws commence and reporting after two years, A detention appeal panel makes binding decisions within 72 hours of an appeal application, after taking advice from the chief health officer, Clarifies complaints about detention orders can be investigated by the Ombudsman. Stream more Australian news with Flash. I give an absolute guarantee: when we come back to government in this state, we will repeal this law because it is fundamentally right to do so, he said. COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has accepted the advice of the Premier, Daniel Andrews, to extend the term of the Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, for a further three years. 45w. An exception arises when ministers have ceased to be responsible, such as when a vote of noconfidence in the government has been passed by the lower house of Parliament. Its operating in this weird space in the information ecology where you have these fringe actors mixing with the political elite, he said. The other main exception arises when the governor is advised to act in a manner that is unconstitutional or unlawful. She was a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013. Furthermore, their incompetency has resulted in millions of Victorians lives being adversely impacted by the draconian laws introduced by Daniel Andrews and his Ministry. Victoria's pandemic bill officially becomes law after Governor Linda Dessau gives royal assent to legislation Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to declare a pandemic, after the State of Emergency expires next week, under new legislation that is now law. He took aim at the worsening mental health crisis, growing hospital waitlists, unemployment rate, the state's reported record debt and over-spending on the government's infrastructure projects at the Liberal Party State Council on Sunday. Such legal and constitutional matters belong in the courts. Just as at home, on these occasions the Governor's role is to build friendship and good relations with other nations and to promote Victoria's economic, social and cultural interests. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has not lost a no-confidence motion yet.Credit:Justin McManus. But these powers cannot be used just because the governor personally disagrees with a policy or does not support the politics of the government. If the complaint is in fact that it is the "vibe" of the constitution that is being impaired, then that is a political matter to be dealt with by the Parliament. Joe Armao True it is that the governor retains reserve powers to act without, or contrary to, government advice. Will you do the same? The most significant amendment to the new powers was the establishment of an independent panel which would review all detention orders. The Governor will remain in her role until 30 June 2023. It is time for Her Excellency to use who powers to remove these people from office and stand with the people of Victoria, whom she is meant to protect from incompetent Members of Parliament. Victoria's governor Linda Dessau has had her term extended by three years. We the undersigned constituents of Victoria hereby respectfully request The Governor of Victoria to immediately remove Daniel Andrews as Premier of Victoria, and to dissolve the Victorian Parliament and call for a new election. She was a judge of the Family Court of Australia from 1995 to 2013. "We are very lucky to have her and lucky to have her continue on for another three years.".