"There's a real empathy with her. The Hon. An analysis of the Facebook posts by Queensland University of Technology lecturer Timothy Graham showed that while they were not widely shared outside of online communities linked to conspiracy content, it appeared the Queensland website was very much the originating vectors of this narrative and its sub-narratives. Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau, Catherine Andrews and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews watch the men's singles final between Roger Federer of. Dessau will succeed Alex Chernov whose term expires on 30 June. GOVERNOR Linda Dessau has paid back more than $1100 after two lavish lunches on the public purse in London were revealed by the Herald Sun. Sky News, 7 December, 2021 The legislation was passed in state parliament after months of debate over amendments and clauses to the bill in hopes of finding more support to get it across the line. The relationship was also subject to questioning by Staley in the Victorian parliament earlier this year. Unique among Australian jurisdictions, Victoria has never had a female Vice-Regal representative. Jurist, barrister. The Governor of Victoria conducted a swearing-in ceremony for the second Andrews Ministry. This would breach the constitutional principle of the rule of law. 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. Victoria's controversial pandemic legislation has become law after it was given royal assent by the state's Governor Linda Dessau on Tuesday. Linda Dessau is sworn in as the 29th Governor of Victoria in 2015. The Governor will remain in her role until 30 June 2023. Staleys questions also prompted Victoria Ambulance to release a statement this week confirming the timeline Andrews had previously given for the accident. The divine right of kings and governors to decide governmental matters according to their own desires was ended with the stroke of an axe in 1649. The people still have their representatives in Parliament and the government is still responsible to it. 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. danielandrews .com .au. In all these matters, Daniel Andrews has remained silent. The next day, the first mentions of trucking tycoon Lindsay Fox in relation to the fall were made by a user in an anti-lockdown group known as Melbourne Freedom Rally. The emotional and mental anguish being inflicted upon the people of Victoria due to their inability to lead the people of Victoria through this matter, shows a neglect in their roles as representatives of the Victorian people. 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. The @VicGovernor has this morning given Royal Assent to the legislation. [2] She is the first female and the first Jewish holder of the office. If these people are unaware of who is making decisions in relation to COVID-19 matters, how can the people of Victoria have any confidence in knowing that they are the ones making decisions about all matters that effect the people of Victoria? Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021, agreed to make a number of amendments to the legislation. Since their publication, they have been widely circulated on the same conspiratorial Telegram groups which pushed the initial rumours around Andrews accident, as well as on a series of Facebook pages associated with anti-lockdown protests and far-right ecosystems in Australia. South Australia became the first when Dame Roma Mitchell was appointed governor in 1991. The couple had made the news official in the Australian Jewish News and on social media. If there are actual, factually verified events pulled into this narrative and are part of the premise of the conspiracy theory, thats where the damage can be greatest., Nonsense: Victorian government demands apology after Liberals question Dan Andrews injury, Victorian opposition accused of spreading conspiracies about Dan Andrews injury, Vaccine wont give you Covid: health officials battle anti-vaccination messages in northern rivers, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The family court judge and AFL commissioner Linda Dessau will become governor of Victoria. They hanker for the days when Charles I still had a head attached to his neck. Bu kampanya 706 desteki ile deiim yaratt! Government . Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. To join the conversation, please 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 - The Guardian has been unable to contact the two men listed as editors of the site. He said extending Ms Dessau's term would allow her and husband Anthony Howard to continue their outstanding work, as well as provide constitutional certainty during the next state election, due in November 2022. 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. "It is an honour and privilege to represent and promote our great state, and help to celebrate and support Victoria's diverse and vibrant community," Ms Dessau said in a statement on Tuesday. If they really support the constitution, they should let it operate, leaving political matters to Parliament and legal matters to the courts. Followed categories will be added to My News. 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. Different iterations of the theories have centred on the false beliefs Andrews was with Fox at the time of the accident or that he was involved in an altercation with Sayers. 24 June 2019. Addressing the Governor The Governor's official title is Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC CVO, Governor of Victoria (the pronunciation of Dessau is Desso). Outside of Telegram, however, the unfounded claims that Andrews fall was the subject of a cover-up were first aired by an obscure Queensland blog which also pushes Port Arthur massacre conspiracies, QAnon theories and baseless claims that Covid-19 is a psyop. Announcing Ms Dessau's five-year appointment yesterday, Premier Daniel Andrews said she was an "honest . The Governor and Mr Howard have also been highly effective advocates for Victoria when representing the States social, economic and cultural interests overseas, as well as international engagement at home. Please try again later. The amendments also included the provision of a new Parliamentary joint committee to review pandemic orders which will be given the authority to make disallowance motions, but these would need to be passed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament. It was both a reminder of the Queens impotence and the constitutions strength. During her time on the Family Court, she notably chaired national projects relating to family violence and child abuse. 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. #BREAKING: The 'Kill The Bill' petition with more than 125,000 signatures has been delivered to Victorian Governor Linda Dessau. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews today announced that long-serving Family Court Judge and AFL Commissioner, The Hon Linda Dessau AM, will be appointed the 29th Governor of Victoria. itslindseybree. As the hotel quarantine inquiry has shown, no member of the current Victorian Parl 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 whole point of constitutional monarchy is that the wishes of the monarch, and his or her vice-regal representatives, are no longer relevant. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. 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. Premier Andrews has demonstrated complete ineptness and mismanagement in overseeing the administration and leadership required by all Victorians in many aspects, particularly in the last five months when the Covid virus first exhibited pandemic proportions in Victoria. Victoria's controversial pandemic legislation has become law after it was given royal assent by the state's Governor Linda Dessau on Tuesday. Premier Daniel Andrews said . The Governor's husband's title is Mr Anthony Howard AM KC. This includes through the Peace and Prosperity Kitchen Garden program at Government House, where the Governor and Mr Howard have fostered friendship and understanding among women of migrant and refugee backgrounds who are newly arrived in Victoria. She knew that the word signified the end of discretionary royal power. The Opposition vowed in October they will ditch the legislation if they were voted in at the next election. 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. [3] The states premier, Daniel Andrews, said he was proud to recommend Dessau to the Queen. Yet there is another first that needs to be acknowledged and celebrated: she is also the state's first Jewish Governor. Linda Dessau is sworn in as the 29th Governor of Victoria in 2015. The six new changes agreed to by Mr Barton include: Mr Andrews and Health Minister Martin Foley spruiked the bill will protect accountability and transparency with clearer framework to help manage the next phase of the coronavirus and future pandemics. Were working to restore it. It started with an anonymous post on an encrypted messaging app favoured by far-right activists and conspiracy theorists and moved to a fringe website promoting QAnon and Port Arthur massacre misinformation. The most important news, analysis and insights delivered to your inbox at the start and end of each day. Premier Announces 29th Governor of Victoria, On behalf of every Victorian, I thank Governor Chernov for his. The Governor and Mr Howard are patrons to more than 160 community organisations, helping support and promote groups involved in voluntary service, industry, education, the arts, sport, and caring for those in need. Ms Dessau has had a long and influential involvement with Australias greatest game, serving as an AFL Commissioner since 2008. The choice of the term was quite deliberate, according to Sir Henry Parkes. The website is home to a dizzying array of conspiracy material. She was a Patron of the Epilepsy Foundation and food recycling charity One Umbrella, and has been involved in many other charitable and community service organisations, such as Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. "My husband Tony and I are delighted to be asked to continue our service to the people of Victoria.". "The most OVID cases, the most COVID deaths, and of course as the tag comes with sadly, the city with the world's longest lockdowns," he said. Mar 1, 2023 - 4.10pm Linda Dessau is making up for lost time. Click to reveal Parliament or a committee can also refer matters to the Ombudsman, Aggravated offences have been removed from the bill. This is no time to revive the divine right of kings. 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. 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. The Andrews government retains majority support in the Legislative Assembly and therefore continues to be responsible to Parliament. Anne Twomey is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sydney, and a born and bred Victorian. (Public Document) L inda Marion Dessau, WAS UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED TO HER ROLE AND POSITION. This is a democracy. Gandel granddaughter Lauren Thurin, announced her engagement to Oliver Howard, son of Victorian Governor Linda Dessau and her husband, Anthony Howard, a former County Court judge. The governor is as much bound as anyone else to obey the law, and is therefore entitled to refuse advice to breach it. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, federal Trade Minister Steve Ciobo and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten were among about 90 local dignitaries to attend. "As an honest voice of change, Ms Dessau helped bring Australian family law and the Australian football . Do NOT rubber stamp Daniel Andrews' radical legislation. Sen de bir konuda kampanya balatmak ister misin? A 9 March post by prominent anti-lockdown group Reignite Democracy Australia, run by former reality television contestant Monica Smit, noted a strange trend and fuelled a baseless rumour the MPs had all suffered adverse reactions to the Covid-19 vaccination. Such legal and constitutional matters belong in the courts. (AAP). This week Linda Dessau, the very personable governor of Victoria, was in Tel Aviv to further cement this special relationship. People fought and died for this democracy. Bu kampanyac deitirmek istedii bir konuda harekete geti ve kampanyasn balatt. Despite growing frustration with Mr Andrews, he remains on track for a third term based on Newspoll data from late November. SBS acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia. 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. His blatant refusal to accept ADF support initially in the pandemic, his blatant allocation of Tower Security to a private Union firm, his questionable relationship with theCommunist People's Republic of China in regards to the Belt and Road initiative, his funding for the Metro Tunnel project, his complete ignorance of the recent Branch stacking expose. Theo li mi ca Th hin Daniel Andrews, i s Vit Nam ti Australia Nguyn Tt Thnh thm chnh thc bang Victoria t 28/02-02/3/2022. The Guardian has previously revealed links between the groups leader and a number of far-right organisations. "We are very lucky to have her and lucky to have her continue on for another three years.". He is the 48th Premier of Victoria since 2014. The rumours that Andrews was with Fox at the time of the accident, though, have been roundly discredited. The post, which claimed Andrews had been at Foxs home when he fell, was followed by a series of users advancing QAnon-flavoured claims he had the shit kicked out of him and been taught a lesson. Earlier this week, she denied she was peddling conspiracy theories. She will be the first woman in the role when she takes up the position on 1 July. The easiest way to stop any of these conspiracy theories - which Im not playing into - is for these questions to be answered, she said. Ms Dessau was sworn in as the state's 29th governor at a ceremony at Victoria's Government House. Ms Dessau is the state's first female governor. 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. Profession. Ms Dessau was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2010 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2017, for service to the Victorian community. And its really common for this false or misleading information to spread when it hits that middle ground. Further protests against the pandemic bill and vaccine mandates are expected in coming weeks with organisers vowing to rally "every day" to cause disruption across Victoria. The state's premier, Daniel Andrews, said he was proud to recommend Dessau to the Queen. We, the undersigned, are calling on Her Excellency, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria, to enact her powers as the Governer of Victoria in removing Premier Daniel Andrews, Minister Jenny Mikakos, Minister Martin Pakula, Minister Lisa Neville, from the office of the Victorian Parliament immediately. He has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Labor Party since 2010. Less clear, though, is how these theories spread from social medias backwaters, but Graham said it was likely that examining the spread of the articles on social media was showing only the shadow of the way the conspiracy had spread. The bill gives Victoria's Premier and Health Minister power to declare a pandemic three months at a time and enforce restrictions. She worked as a magistrate in the Children's Court and the Melbourne Magistrates Court before serving as a Family Court judge from 1995 to 2013. Quite how a conspiracy theory about Victorian premier Dan Andrews' March fall at a Mornington Peninsula holiday home made its way from social media's backwaters to the mainstream has been the. Linda Dessau AC (Governor of Victoria), This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Linda Marion Dessau AC (born 8 May 1953)[1] has been the Governor of Victoria since 1 July 2015. Its operating in this weird space in the information ecology where you have these fringe actors mixing with the political elite, he said. 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. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has not lost a no-confidence motion yet. Linda Dessau is sworn in as the 29th Governor of Victoria in 2015. Credit:Joe Armao.