It’s effectively rule by the executive branch now. Various prerogative and other powers (some untested, but who has a few lazy millions lying around to argue...) are being exercised that do not need legislative backing. Before the Federal Parliament rose, it voted the Federal government a $40billion credit card, in addition to the financial assistance measures costing billions.
(For those who keep talking about bio security legislation in other threads, it’s worth taking the time to see what those laws actually authorise. Yes: They include very broad powers. No: They don’t authorise making any **** up as you go along.)
Make no mistake: In Australia, government is done to you, not for you.
In a competition between the survival of the government and the survival of the private citizen, the private citizens loses.