From memory loss and misstep, tears and Twitter, the pressure had been building on Jenny Mikakos since shortly after the coronavirus pandemic hit Australia. We look back at her rocky year | Zhope10
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He also gave evidence on September 16 he had "no oversight" of infection-control measures at the hotels.Before the second wave, there was the Cedar Meats abattoir outbreak, dubbed "Victoria's Ruby Princess" by the opposition. The Rydges on Swanston hotel in Carlton where a COVID-19 outbreak led to 90 per cent of Victoria's second wave cases.This is also the day Mr Andrews announced the inquiry into the quarantine program and warned 10 Melbourne hotspot postcodes they were about to return to stage three restrictions. It wasn't to end there.
"Let the independent judge do her job, let the cards fall where they may. I believe there is nothing to fear in seeking the truth. The truth will set you free."Unhappy at being dragged into a parliamentary sitting day against the advice of the Chief Health Officer, Ms Mikakos The inquiry also heard Health Department boss Kym Peake failed to tell Ms Mikakos about serious welfare concerns from Victoria's three most senior health experts.In a three-hour grilling, Ms Mikakos became the third minister to deny responsibility for key elements of the hotel quarantine program.of hotel quarantine and did not seek updates about it until two months later – after the first coronavirus outbreaks. This is despite the Health Department being the lead agency.
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