Liberal MP TimWilsonMP says the Andrews government was more interested in fulfilling internal interests of the Labor Party than protecting the public health of Victorians.
Liberal MP Tim Wilson says the Andrews government was more interested in fulfilling internal interests of the Labor Party than protecting the public health of Victorians. “You had a state government who was more interested in making sure that companies that hired their union mates took precedence over the public health of its citizens,” he said in reference to the bungled hotel quarantine operation.
Mr Wilson said the Victorian government and Premier Daniel Andrews were “all power and no accountability”, and told Sky News “this is why people are so angry, because they have done the right thing and the state government has not”. “Essentially he’s broken the contract between the people of Victoria and the state government,” he said.
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