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Hotel quarantine report blasts government failures, but political fallout is likely to be minimal
The final report of the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry, issued by former judge Jennifer Coate, outlines monumental errors made by the Victorian government and its public servants.
Despite this, the governmental failings that led to a second wave of the pandemic, resulting in 800 deaths, are likely to be politically irrelevant.
The clever strategy by Premier Daniel Andrews to defer analysis of these missteps until the virus had been suppressed makes the findings largely academic and historical.
Victoria Premier Dan Andrews told the inquiry that Health Minister Jenny Mikakos was responsible for the program. James Ross/AAP