Victorian govt faces legal action over ‘scorched earth policy’ of hotel quarantine ‘coverup’

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Victorian govt faces legal action over ‘scorched earth policy’ of hotel quarantine ‘coverup’
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The Allan government has been accused of trying to hide crucial policy details relating to Victoria’s hotel quarantine scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic which has been claimed to have directly led to hundreds of deaths.

The Victoria n Premier's department has become the subject of tribunal action after the state's Opposition claimed the government was dodging accountability with a"scorched earth policy" to COVID-19 hotel quarantine.between Victoria n Labor and the state’s Opposition over access to a tranche of secret documents relating to the controversial quarantine system has come to a head.

Premier Jacinta Allan says she is unaware of the circumstances behind the secret documents as they are"not here" but former premier Dan Andrews's. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui “The only reason they're fighting this is because they've got something to hide,” he told Sky News Victorian reporter Simon Love.

“I am not aware of the specific circumstances behind these set of documents as to because clearly they are not my documents,” she told reporters last week.

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