Labor says parliament should sit to scrutinise government's coronavirus emergency powers

Call comes as civil liberties advocate warns extended adjournment is ‘unacceptable and dangerous for democracy’

The shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has called for parliament to continue to sit and scrutinise government emergency powers to deal with coronavirus, as concerns about unchecked executive power in Australia grow.

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