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Three teens were pulled from the water near Apollo Bay, and a beach south-east of Melbourne was evacuated after a shark sighting, but an expected cool change swept through earlier than planned, providing relief for the sweltering city.
Melbourneâs temperature dropped from 39.2 to the mid-20s just after noon on Monday, after a fast-moving cool change arrived in metro areas earlier than expected.
But fears remain that extreme heat and gusty winds in the stateâs north may pose a fire risk throughout the summer after a small grass fire briefly burnt out of control near Shepparton.
Liam, 12, Indy, 8, and Blaze, 13, cool off at Lysterfield Lake on Monday
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he intends to adopt all recommendations of a scathing final report into the state s hotel quarantine program that identified flaws with almost every aspect of his government’s setup and oversight of the scheme.
The ill-fated decision to employ private security guards for the program aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus into the community was not able to be traced back to any minister or bureaucrat in the state government despite the inquiry reviewing more than 70,000 documents, retired judge Jennifer Coate has found.
In her final report, tabled in Parliament today, Ms Coate found that the decision to use private security guards, without adequate training in infection control, was an orphan that neither Mr Andrews nor any of his ministers took any responsibility for.
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Victoria s hotel quarantine inquiry has been unable to identify a single individual responsible for the fatal decision to use private security guards in the program.
The state s second wave of coronavirus, which resulted in more than 18,000 new infections and 800 deaths, can be traced back to security guards working at the Rydges on Swanston and Stamford Plaza hotels in May and June.
In the inquiry s final report, tabled in parliament on Monday, retired judge Jennifer Coate concludes the decision to hire private security guards was not made by an individual .
Rather, she argues there were people with influence who contributed to an understanding being reached that private security would be used .