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The headline takeaway from the Victorian hotel quarantine report is that the multiple failures, from the Premier down, to properly oversee what was always going to be a high-risk program led to the tragic second wave.
Daniel Andrews and his ministers went missing as bureaucrats argued over who was responsible for what, leaving key infection control measures, worker safety and patient wellbeing unmanaged.
Most critical decisions on security and enforcement at the hotels were made without a clear decision maker, further contributing to the lack of checks that led to the devastating result.
Jennifer Coate found a lack of appreciation of the high risks of infection breaches led to the second wave.
Ex-health minister Jenny Mikakos slams failed Victorian coronavirus hotel quarantine inquiry, accuses Daniel Andrews of deflection
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Victoria s former health minister Jenny Mikakos has accused Premier Daniel Andrews of political deflection over the inquiry into the state s bungled hotel quarantine program.
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Mr Andrews yesterday said if Ms Mikakos was still health minister, he would have expected her resignation
Ms Mikakos said the inquiry failed to answer key questions and called for the Premier s phone records to be released
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Victoria s COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry has delivered its final report. Here are the key findings
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Victoria s COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry, led by former judge Jennifer Coate, has released its final report.
The probe was set up after more than 90 per cent of the coronavirus infections in the state s deadly second wave were linked to infection control breaches in hotel quarantine.
The inquiry held public hearings over 27 days, took evidence from 96 witnesses and received more than 350,000 pages of documents.