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Dr O'Sullivan added that while she would prefer that the bill included a "sunset clause", its absence could arguably be balanced out by other forms of oversight such as reporting requirements. More broadly, she noted the importance of "other oversight mechanisms that are not listed in the [Health and Wellbeing] act, which also perform a check and a balance", such as the Victorian Ombudsman, who conducted an inquiry into the July lockdown of housing towers in Melbourne.

But some experts were concerned the current draft of the bill would give the Parliament itself very little power to scrutinise or challenge pandemic orders, with some accountability measures — for example, the ability to disallow orders if they conflict with the state's human rights charter — unlikely to have much practical effect.

The headmaster of a Sydney private school this week appeared on 2GB to argue that mandatory face masks could have a detrimental effect on students sitting their final-year exams. He was responding to a question about whether wearing face masks would impact year 12 students' performance during the examination period. According to Ben Mullins of the School of Public Health at Curtin University, people can safely wear "any face mask approved for use" for up to "eight to 12 hours".

Year 12 exams in NSW run for a maximum of three hours. In June , the World Health Organisation stated similar sentiments in response to whether face masks reduced airflow. The WHO recommends people ensure their face masks "fit properly" and are "tight enough to allow [people] to breathe normally". The American Lung Association , meanwhile, states "there is no evidence that low oxygen levels occur" when masks are worn. As delegates from around the world flew into Scotland for the COP26 climate change summit, former foreign minister Alexander Downer weighed in on the climate impact of the attendees' air travel.

It is estimated they will emit in 24 hours as much CO2 as Scotland emits in a year! Fact Check found Mr Downer's claim to be nonsense. The Scottish government's most recent estimate, from , puts the country's annual emissions at It is not clear just how many private jets headed to the UK for the Glasgow summit within 24 hours of Mr Downer's claim, but Fact Check's rough calculations for the emissions that could be generated by private jet journeys are in the tens of thousands of tonnes.

This estimate is several thousand times smaller than the annual emissions of Scotland. Full Fact in the UK, meanwhile, found that a photo appearing to show a swathe of private jets parked at an airport in Glasgow during COP26 likely pictured a New Orleans airport in Got a fact that needs checking?

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. CoronaCheck 91 In this week's edition of CoronaCheck, we take a look at whether a bill before the Victorian Parliament will grant sweeping emergency powers to Premier Daniel Andrews, even in the absence of a pandemic.

The Victorian government will introduce new laws that will give the premier sweeping powers to declare pandemics and enforce public health orders for three months at a time. Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the legislation, to be tabled in parliament on Tuesday, that would strip the chief health officer of their power to have a final say on restrictions.

Andrews said the new laws are based on New Zealand legislation, and would include an independent oversight committee consisting of public health and human rights experts to review any future public health orders. This is modelled on the New Zealand law, there are elements of what happens in New South Wales and other states also. Andrews said the new laws were justified as Victoria moved towards living with Covid.

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