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Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry report unable to determine who made private security decision
The final report from the inquiry into Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine program has been unable to determine who commissioned the use of private security and has slammed the Andrews Government for failing to do “proper analysis” of the plan.
Key points:
- The report found former police chief Graham Ashton was consulted about using private security
- It found consideration was not given to the implications of exposing a largely casualised workforce to COVID-19
- The lack of planning for mass quarantining by both Victoria and the Commonwealth was “most unsatisfactory”, it said
The COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry report, which was tabled to Parliament this morning, found Victoria’s second wave was triggered by transmission of the virus from…
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