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Victorian government orders hotel quarantine staff audit after hiring perjurer Nelly Yoa
The Victorian government has ordered a staffing review after a self-promoting perjurer, who was yesterday convicted of assault, was hired to work in the state’s hotel quarantine system.
Key points:
- An audit will look into whether people with pending or past criminal convictions have been hired by COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria
- Nelly Yoa, a man with perjury and assault convictions, was hired in December
- The government said its hiring policy for CQV should exclude those with a “significant” criminal history
Nelly Yoa rose to prominence in 2018 and 2019 over a series of discredited public claims, from being a South Sudanese youth mentor, to trialling with top-level soccer clubs, to having Usain Bolt attend the birth of one of his children.
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