WATCH LIVE: Victorian Premier danielandrewsMP is now into his second hour of testifying at the hotel quarantine inquiry. You can watch it unfold and read our live coverage here.
Mr Andrews agreed there should be no confusion about who was in charge and there was no place for confusion in a setting like hotel quarantine.
Ms Ellyard said it was unusual to have multiple government departments separately represented and cross-examining each other.
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