Matt Wong on the Victorian State of Emergency

Matt is a serial entrepreneur and has spent the last 17 years scaling small companies and start-ups across different sectors and organisational types.  These include a multidisciplinary medical clinic that spearheaded private DNA testing in the Australian market, a health food manufacturer, and a migration law firm.

His Facebook and youtube show called Discernable recently posted a video explaining Melbourne's proposed changes the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Act has been viewed by over 65,000 people.

SHOW NOTES:

04:00 How we came across Matt

05:20 Who is Matt?

08:05 Matt's academic background

11:00 Why he chose to speak up

12:00 Changes to emergency powers

16:00 The devil in the detail

20:25 Dan Andrews is doing his best

21:13 Tyranny for the good of its victims

26:00 Politicians are humans too

28:30 Increasing power while removing oversight

30:00 Changes in wording to section 199

31:00 Necessary vs reasonably necessary

32:01 Constantly evolving science

33:00 The emphasis on staying healthy

39:00 Changes in accountability for the government

40:10 Recapping the first two changes to the Act

40:45 The third change to the act

43:45 Why the ALP claims they need this amendment

46:52 What happened to flattening the curve?

48:35 The hierarchy of power within the act

51:31 Anna recaps

52:50 How does the Chief Medical Officer form his opinion

55:42 Members supporting legislation before they read it

58:10 Weakening sections within the act that relate to compensation

01:00:00 A Gambit play

01:01:34 A Reasonable Solution

01:02:43 Jeremey Benthem’s Ponopticon

01:07:00 Morgan goes on a bit of rant

 

FIND MATT HERE:
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