Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, Emergency Management Victoria boss Andrew Crisp and police chief Shane Patton will front the state inquiry into the hotel quarantine program next week.
Ms Bamert said she understood who was responsible and for what, but staff who were not privy to "higher level conversations" did not clearly understand their roles.
"In hindsight, I am quite clear what the structures were ... clearly I had concerns about the escalation points," she told the inquiry.Hotel Quarantine Inquiry. Health Department deputy secretary Melissa Skilbeck said Professor Sutton would be too busy in his lead advisory role and as the public face of the pandemic response to also serve as state controller.
Mr Ashton recommended private security be the "first line of security", according to evidence to the inquiry, but it is not yet clear who made the decision to use the guards.
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