Premier DanielAndrewsMP has refused to answer questions on his relationship with former Health Minister JennyMikakos following her resignation.
Premier Daniel Andrews has refused to answer questions on his relationship with former Health Minister Jenny Mikakos following her resignation. When asked how he could retain confidence in Ms Mikakos if he also held her responsible for the botched hotel quarantine program, Mr Andrews said “you can draw whichever conclusions you see fit to draw”. “I'm not going to offer a commentary on this any longer.
The minister resigned,” he said. “You were asking me to offer a whole ring of opinions. I will leave it to you to run commentaries. "I don't think it serves any useful purpose for me to look back, run that sort of personal commentary on someone who resigned, on someone who I am prepared to say in very clear terms is someone who, in my judgement, has always worked as hard as she could to do the best job she could.
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