Benita Kolovos
Travellers left Vic hotel quarantine COVID-positive
A returned traveller was released from Victoria’s hotel quarantine while infected with COVID-19 and passed it on to the person who drove...
ADF support rejected by Victorian authorities
The Australian Defence Force was repeatedly rebuffed by Victorian authorities when it offered to provide security for quarantine hotels, an inquiry has...
Security didn’t know guests had COVID-19
A security firm involved in Victoria’s hotel quarantine program didn’t know guests had COVID-19 until their subcontractors tested positive to the virus....
Victorian govt secures backing to extend state of emergency
The Victorian government has secured the support of three crossbenchers to extend its current state of emergency by six months. Victorian Greens...
Hotel guards wore PPE incorrectly, nurse tells inquiry
A nurse working in Victoria’s hotel quarantine program says security guards incorrectly wore personal protective equipment during their shifts. “Jen” joined the...
Experts front day one of Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry
Victoria’s COVID-19 hotel quarantine program was hastily established, with multiple departments tasked with overlapping roles, it has been revealed. Failures in the...
Premier, Minister to be grilled at hotel quarantine inquiry
Premier Daniel Andrews will be grilled about his government’s handling of Victoria’s second coronavirus wave at a parliamentary inquiry. Mr Andrews will...
Website crashes as Victorian workers seek permit
A Victorian government website crashed as workers rush to apply for a permit to be able to travel outside of coronavirus restrictions....
‘Should be mandatory’: Victorians urged wear masks
Five million Victorians are being encouraged to wear masks, and even make their own, to help curb the spread of the coronavirus...
Melbourne school students face daily temperature checks
Daily temperature checks will be introduced at Melbourne schools as a precautionary coronavirus measure. More than 14,000 thermometers will be sent to...