The Victorian Labor government looks to have won over the final crossbencher it needs to secure passage of its contentious Pandemic Management Bill. Debate on the proposed law will resume on Nov. 30, after the government delayed discussion two weeks prior, after estranged Labor state MP and factional rival to Premier Daniel Andrews, Adem Somyurek, made an unexpected return to Parliament. His move, and vote, would have forced a split 19-19 vote in the upper house, consigning the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill back to the drawing board. However, after two weeks of negotiation and deal-making with crossbenchers, Rod Barton of the Transport Matters party emerged as the crossbencher willing to do a deal. “What we’ve done is fundamentally change the bill,” Barton told 3AW radio, saying that while he would have preferred even more changes, he noted that “we can’t have everything.” “People are going to …