Emails released amid the ongoing inquiry into Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program have contradicted previous claims about ADF availability. 9News
Victorian PremierAnd today, recordings of the state's Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp meeting with an ADF liaison officer were played."At this particular point in time, we don't see the need for ADF boots on the ground in support of this operation," Mr Crisp is heard saying in the recording of the March meeting.
Emails released today also revealed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's office wrote to Mr Andrews' office on April 8, saying New South Wales had ADF personnel involved in hotel quarantine, and that the same option was there to assistAn army situation report on April 20 warned Victoria was nearing its quarantine capacity of 4000.
And on June 24, the secretary of Victoria's Department of Premier and Cabinet, Chris Eccles, emailed his Canberra equivalent, Phil Gaetiens.
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