Vaccine hesitancy in migrant communities needs urgent action, says Jenny Mikakos neoskosmos.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from neoskosmos.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When 58-year-old Melbourne academic, designer, entrepreneur and mother Janine Hendry decided to stage a protest against sexism, misogyny and alleged sexual misconduct in Australia’s parliament, she thought it would be just her and a few friends waving placards outside Parliament House. But in two weeks, her March4Justice movement has 27,000 followers on Facebook and 8,000 on Twitter.
Dressed head-to-toe in black, women are gathering at 36 protests across Australia.
Melbourne’s March4Justice has been approved to involve 5000 people under COVID-19 rules, with a sit-in at Treasury Gardens previously having a permit for 1000 people. An extension to the numbers was granted on on Monday morning.
The former Victorian Health Minister accuses the Premier for ‘political deflection’ Former Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos during a press conference in Melbourne back in August. Photo: AAP/James Ross
22 December 2020 10:48am
Former Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has taken to twitter to pull Premier Daniel Andrews up for not taking responsibility for the state’s failed hotel quarantine scheme.
Ms Mikakos published a statement on the popular social media platform accusing Mr Andrews for ‘political deflection’ following retired judge’s Jennifer Coate findings into what caused the second coronavirus outbreak.
More specifically, Ms Coate found no person or agency took responsibility for the decision to use private security guards at quarantine hotels, whose actions lead Victoria into their deadly second wave of COVID-19. Quarantine breaches involving private security guards seeded 99 per cent of Victoria’s deadly second wave of COVID infect
Ex-Health Minister Accuses Victorian Premier of ‘Political Deflection’ Amid Calls for His Resignation
Victoria’s former health minister Jenny Mikakos has accused her old boss Labor Premier Daniel Andrews of “political deflection” and said the hotel quarantine inquiry failed to answer key questions.
“I believe Victorians deserve to know the truth about an event that has so profoundly impacted them,” Mikakos said in a statement on Monday night. “They do not need another masterclass in political deflection from the premier.”
Mikakos released her statement hours after the inquiry released its final report into the scandal that led to her resignation.
Hotel quarantine inquiry: Jenny Mikakos takes aim at Daniel Andrews couriermail.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from couriermail.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.