A petition to repeal the Victorian government’s proposed Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 has garnered over 56,000 signatures as of Nov. 4. The petition, which Rebel News launched, alleges that the New Section 8A of the Bill (pdf) will give Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews the same unlimited power as that provided to the Nazi dictatorship. According to the Bill, the premier will have the power to declare a pandemic, extend the ban indefinitely, and exercise any emergency powers he deems “reasonably necessary,” including closing the domestic borders, introducing health restrictions, and allowing police to enter private premises without a warrant. Victorian residents will also face prison time or hefty fines of up to AU$90,000 (US$67,570) if deemed failing to follow government-mandated health orders and pose a risk to the health of others. “Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution empowered one man to pass Emergency Decrees leading to the Nazi dictatorship,” the petition …