Liberal MP Tim Wilson has defended writing to the Australian Human Rights Commission to look into whether the curfews were a violation of people's rights and freedoms.
Speaking on Weekend Breakfast, Mr Wilson said, given the CHO said there was no need for curfew, he felt it was reasonable to ask whether it was an infringement of Victorians' rights.
"The reality is the state government put forward that the curfew was necessary to protect public health and to make sure the best interests of Victorians. The Chief Health Officer came out and said it wasn't required," Mr Wilson said.
"The simple reality is we need to make sure that measures are necessary, sustainable to maintain public confidence, and when they're not, they should go.
"That's why regional Victoria is so angry, that's why people are increasingly in Victoria are angry, because they realise that there are measures in place that are not necessary, not justified, and have been sold to us on a deception."
"People are prepared to take proportionate, necessary measures to stop the threat of COVID-19. What we're not prepared to do is have measures introduced on deception, and measures introduced that are not necessary, that significantly curtail people's capacity to go about their lives."
Labor MP Josh Wilson said the "gauge has to be the results" and that the reduction in new cases tells its own story.
"I hear what Tim is saying. Of course, we want restrictions to ease as soon as possible. We want measures to be necessary measures. But we're not in a situation of perfect knowledge," Mr Wilson said.
He added that he believes, at a federal level, politicians are focusing on attacking state leaders along party lines.
"We are seeing, I think, unfortunately, at the national level, a sort of a game where the federal leadership, the Prime Minister and other ministers, are looking each and every day for a Labor premier that they can attack for restrictions.
"We don't hear about Tasmania or South Australia or New South Wales — it's always Mark McGowan or Annastacia Palaszczuk or Dan Andrews. I don't think that that is national leadership."
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