REVEALED: Shocking images show travellers appearing to breach quarantine outside a Melbourne hotel about three weeks after the botched program started. 9News
Photos have been revealed of overseas travellers appearing to breach quarantine outside a Melbourne hotel about three weeks after the botched program started.
The images, which show travellers walking around outside Pan Pacific Hotel in South Wharf in mid-April, alerted police to the serious problem with hotel quarantine. They were revealed in a statement to the quarantine inquiry by Victoria Police Commander Timothy Tully.A former police officer, whose name is redacted, wrote to Commander Tully: "Exclusion zone is being poorly managed ... even saw someone with a takeaway coffee."
In response, the commander organised a security forum with private security companies, but reiterated it was not Victoria Police's issue. "I am not aware of any penalty notices or enforcement action being taken by VicPol against anyone breaching quarantine," Commander Tully said.
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