Daniel Andrews: the pissants’ premier on The Spectator Australia | Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, leads a crumbling and unworthy public sector that is…
Justice Coate’s much-awaited final report of her inquiry into Victoria’s Covid-19 hotel quarantine program is due for release today.
If the interim report is anything to go by, there will merely be findings on the various decisions of the government bureaucracies and recommendations for improving the program in future. Cold comfort indeed for the families of the 800 souls lost to Victoria’s second wave.
Be under no illusion. Today will not be a day of reckoning for the Andrews Government. Don’t expect any blame to be placed squarely at the feet of any single, identifiable Minister; not when you can always blame an intangible, amorphous bureaucracy. Andrews has clearly taken his cue from Sir Humphrey in
In her report tabled to the Victorian Parliament on Thursday, Glass urged the state government to apologise to residents for the impact the immediate detention had on their health and wellbeing while the rest of the state had the chance to prepare for restrictions. “Many residents knew nothing of the lockdown or the reason for it when large numbers of police appeared on their estate that afternoon,” Glass said. “We heard that initially there was chaos. Some people were without food and medicines. At the tower at 33 Alfred St, the focus of the investigation, residents waited more than a week to be allowed outside under supervision for fresh air.
I will analyse below (blue annotations are my comments) to understand the nature of the claims. It is really hard to find time to investigate all their claims – the evidence provided is comprehensive and will take a lot of time to study. In the main they explore what would be called a conspiracy theory and corruption. The standard of proof to meet in order prove conspiracy is going to be much higher than the ordinary proofs (of harms, breaches of the laws) needed to prove crimes against humanity.
I may return to this letter in due course. At the moment, I can confirm that this is a SUPERB piece of analysis, and well worth devoting time.