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Daniel Andrews has been called a murderer by vandals who graffitied his electoral office with red spray paint. The grim message appeared on the window of the Victorian premiers office in Noble Park, Melbournes south-east, on Tuesday.  The graffiti said there should be a royal commission into the deaths of more than 800 Victorians, who succumbed to coronavirus during the states second of wave.  D.A is culpable for 800+ deaths, the graffiti read. Daniel Andrews has been called a murderer by ...

Advertisement All political leaders who instinctively blend ruthlessness with their use of power inevitably face a moment of reckoning: is their way becoming too much for the public to bear? Dan Andrews has reached that moment. If the board of inquiry into Victoria’s hotel quarantine failures had found definitively that specific individuals were directly responsible for the misjudgments that led to the state’s second wave, that would have been bad enough for the Premier, with the subsequent...

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 mastercla...

Inquiry finding that no one knew beggars belief Victoria may now have zero cases, but it shouldn’t have zero accountability. Someone must take responsibility for the hotel quarantine bungle that set off Victorias second wave and cost hundreds of lives. Dec 22, 2020 – 12.00am Save Share As the northern beaches cluster has once again shown, hotel quarantines are the most vulnerable points in Team Australia’s COVID-19 defences – so vulnerable that for the greater good of keepin...

Jenny Mikakos said Daniel Andrews is using political deflection amid hotel saga Final report into the doomed hotel quarantine scheme was tabled in Parliament Inquiry had heard no one knows who made the call to use private security guards Ms Mikakos said Mr Andrews should take responsibility for the bungled program  Mr Andrews on Monday said that he would not resign as the Premier of Victoria

Advertisement Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he intends to adopt all recommendations of a scathing final report into the states hotel quarantine program that identified flaws with almost every aspect of his government’s setup and oversight of the scheme. The ill-fated decision to employ private security guards for the program aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus into the community was not able to be traced back to any minister or bureaucrat in the state government despite the ...

Final report into the doomed hotel quarantine scheme tabled in Parliament  Premier Daniel Andrews ought have been able to say who made decision  Inquiry heard cop Graham Ashton likely came up with the idea to go private Calls for a full blown royal commission into the scandal are well underway   Inquiry had heard not a single minister, staffer or cop knows who made the call  Mr Andrews on Monday said he would not resign as premier of Victoria   Health department continues to make embarra...

If survival of this virus is the sole measure of the quality of political decision-making, then Victoria is pretty well governed. Premier Daniel Andrews has done a lot right, and he certainly hasnt lacked for popularity, despite the botched hotel program and the long, hard lockdown we endured to wrestle this virus to the ground. Loading But none of that should absolve the state government of its mistakes in the setting up and running of the program. Its too simplistic to say they are to blame f...

A premier barely able to contain his anger. A chief health officer with contradictory impulses. A health system overwhelmed. We examine how the COVID-19 tide was turned.