There are calls for Victoria's Health Minister JennyMikakos to be sacked over the hotel quarantine fiasco.
There are calls for Victoria's Health Minister Jenny Mikakos to be sacked over the hotel quarantine fiasco. New reports emerged today suggesting hotel staff took quarantined guests out on shopping trips and even worked simultaneously as Uber drivers. Reports also suggest security guards were receiving JobKeeper payments while getting cash in hand to work at the hotels.
Liberal MP Tim Smith told Sky News someone needed to step up and take responsibility for the failures. “This is a scandal of monumental proportions, I mean this is a complete fiasco and not one single minister in Daniel Andrews’ government has taken responsibility,” he said. “This is quite extraordinary, it’s unacceptable and it’s a total mess.” The Andrews government has committed $3 million towards an inquiry into the fiasco.
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