Premier Daniel Andrews is only trying to “dig in and protect his job” as hundreds of Victorians have died from the coronavirus, with millions still locked down, according to state Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien. Counsel assisting the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry said on Monday the bungling of the hotel quarantine facilities led to all of Victoria’s 768 second wave deaths.
“Incompetent to allow the second wave to occur through hotel quarantine, but then incompetent to keep us in the second wave through bungled contact tracing,” Mr O’Brien told Sky News. “It’s been a disaster from pillar to post”. The inquiry heard evidence from Health Minister Jenny Mikakos on Wednesday, who after the premier fronted the inquiry and laid the blame on her feet, resigned on Saturday.
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp didn’t read the article but by forwarding Sky News articles you have lost all credibility!
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Dan's supporters are now blaming Rupert Murdoch for the hotel quarantine debacle. How can this be? Media outlets owned by all sorts of interests are just trying to get to the truth. Cant apportion blame after the fact. Stand Down Dan.
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp I think michaelobrienmp is trying to keep his job.
michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp finally has some razzle dazzle to sprinkle to create a veil to hide behind & stop the public wondering what he knew about LiberalVictoria branch stacking & if the guilty member worked in his office or not. Why did he go silent for a week when it was revealed?
michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP I heard he was using scapegoats, can you confirm?
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp That’s the communist way!
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DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP gets up and speaks fluently and answers questions day in and day out without a break. Michael O’Brien couldn’t even deliver a 2 minute grab without tripping over his mouth and looking unhinged. COVID19Victoria SpringSt
michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP the late John Cain has the decency to resign. Andrews could learn from him. The writing was on the wall early when he sacked the very decent Jane Garrett
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Andrews will end up in Jail after the inevitable Royal Commission instead of the pathetic Quarantine Inquiry white wash. He'll face 25 years jail for manslaughter under his own Worksafe legislation. Poetic justice.
macsween_prue DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Now you accept that COVIDー19 is deadly and dangerous aye? Only because it's DanielAndrews f-cked up? You really are a propaganda machine, shame on you for playing with the deaths of hundreds!
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp where's the friggin thumbs down on twitter
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Mr OBrien has conveniently forgotten he wanted to open up the state months ago, fully open schools & keep borders open.
macsween_prue DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Who is Michael O’Brien?
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DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp In one sentence? How many tries did he need? I think everyone aware there may be civil actions pending that may commence in relation to deaths caused by the disease, Covid-19. I understand such is occurring in USA regards negligence claims for some deaths from the disease.
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Not just his job...HQ has massive smell of corruption about it. The fact Pakula still has a job means he must have something pretty big to hold over the 'boss'
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DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp What does it matter to him. Just piddle off and take your huge taxpayer pension DanielAndrewsMP
DanielAndrewsMP michaelobrienmp Haha imagine thinking this guy can run a state. What a joke.
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Transcripts reveal Daniel Andrews' ADF comments | Sky News AustraliaThere are fresh questions over the accuracy of the testimony Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews gave to the Victorian hotel quarantine inquiry in Melbourne last week. \n\nThis comes after letters obtained by Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell revealed Prime Minister Scott Morrison had personally pressured Premier Andrews to accept ADF troop support on at least three separate occasions in July. \n\nMr Andrews testified on Friday that he had no expectation of support from the Australian Defence Force to run the hotel quarantine scheme. \n\nHowever, an examination of Mr Andrews' statements over the past six months by Sky News host Peta Credlin uncovered a statement in March where he stated categorically that he had been offered the use of Australian troops by the Prime Minister. DanielAndrewsMP When will you push for liberal crime gang to testify or be accountable in any form? DanielAndrewsMP DanielAndrewsMP 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤯🤯
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Victoria is now the welfare state due to ‘scandalously stupid’ Andrews decisions | Sky News AustraliaVictoria has become the welfare state thanks to the “scandalously stupid decisions” of the Daniel Andrews government, according to Sky News host Rita Panahi.\n\nVictoria’s second wave has so far claimed over 780 lives with 99 per cent of cases linked back to the failures of hotel quarantine which was put in the hands of untrained security guards.\n\nThe state’s death rate per million of the population is 116, a number far higher than the rest of Australia’s rate of less than five per million.\n\nMs Panahi said Victoria has become the “welfare state” because it is now receiving 60 per cent of all JobKeeper payments even though it only amounts to 25 per cent of the population.\n\nIt comes as Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos resigned from her post following the premier identifying her as the person responsible for the hotel quarantine program.\n\nPremier Daniel Andrews fronted the COVID-19 Melbourne Hotel Quarantine Inquiry on Friday and laid part of the blame of the debacle directly at the feet of Ms Mikakos, prompting her resignation the next day.\n\nThere has been a “systematic coverup” which has seen senior bureaucrats, ministers, and the premier all claim under oath that they themselves were not responsible for the “disastrous decision” to use private security guards, but also that they don’t know who was, Ms Panahi said.\n\n“The collective amnesia of the Victorian government and bureaucracy is further proof that this lot are treating the Victorian public like we're gullible mugs who'll believe anything no matter how fanciful or absurd,” she said.\n\n“The premier is fond of saying that the buck stops with him.\n\n“Well premier in the real world that means you hand in your resignation for overseeing the biggest public policy disaster in Victorian history.”\n DanielAndrewsMP RitaPanahi This warning about the welfare state brought to you by a channel broadcast exclusively on a network which received $40 million in government funding in recent years. DanielAndrewsMP RitaPanahi Morrison and Frydenberg have no Road Map for an Economic recovery Back in the red Frydenberg the worse Treasurer Australia needs at this time DanielAndrewsMP RitaPanahi
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'I don't run from problems': Defiant Andrews stands firm on position | Sky News AustraliaVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews has dismissed calls for his resignation saying he doesn't 'run from problems' and is determined to get the job done. \n\n'I don't run from problems, that's not who I am, this is a difficult job, but it's a job that has to be done,' Mr Andrews said. \n\nWhen asked whether the calls for his resignation were fair, Mr Andrews said 'that's not a matter for me to judge it'. \n\n'I'm determined to get this job done'. \n\n'But I need Victorians to work with me,' he said. \n\n'And I'm so proud that they are, the vast majority of Victorians are focused on beating this thing'. \n\nOn Sunday, Victoria recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours.\n\n DanielAndrewsMP He doesn’t run from dictatorial control, ensuring we all have to continue to wear masks as a sign of our enslavement to his whims. DanielAndrewsMP I wish he would run. Run fast and run far, far away. ResignDanielAndrews ResignDanielAndrews ResignDanielAndrews ResignDanielAndrews DanielAndrewsMP Yep! How Does One Run From Themselves. Obviously Still Has Union Support- Otherwise His Gonske...
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'I wish her well': Premier Andrews comments on Mikakos resignation | Sky News AustraliaVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews has acknowledged the hard work, passion and commitment of Jenny Mikakos following her recent resignation as Victorian health minister. \n\nMs Mikakos resigned from her role on Satuday after Premier Andrews recently named her as the person responsible for the state’s hotel quarantine program.\n\nMr Andrews said he has spoken to many of his colleagues following the recent announcement from Ms Mikakos. \n\n'No one's happy to see someone whose an incredibly hardworking member of the team go,' Mr Andrews said during a press conference on Sunday. \n\n'But when you make a decision that you can't serve in the Cabinet, then you can't serve in the Cabinet, you need to tender your resignation, that's exactly what happened'. \n\n'I wish her well, and I acknowledge her hard work and her passion and her commitment. \n\n'To do anything else would be simply wrong.' \n\nMr Andrews also said Victorians 'can't let our guard down'. \n\n'We can't pretend this is over because we desperately want it to be'. \n\n DanielAndrewsMP JennyMikakos Then the coward and masochist threw her under the bus. DanielAndrewsMP JennyMikakos Why didn’t he come out and say that yesterday instead of saying it was the right decision she made the call to resign I’m pretty sure it takes more the one premier/minister to make these calls DanielAndrewsMP JennyMikakos Now Hazzard and Colbeck need to resign
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‘Dysfunctional’ Andrews’ government ‘basically a one-man show’ | Sky News AustraliaVictorian Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien says the dysfunctional Andrews government is “deeply divided amongst themselves”. \n\n“This is a dysfunctional government,” Mr O’Brien told Sky News. \n\n“There’s basically a one-man show”. \n\nMr O’Brien’s comments come following the resignation of Jenny Mikakos from her role as Victorian health minister on Saturday. \n\nHe said Victoria has now gone from being “the world’s most livable city to the world’s lockdown city”. \n\n“Daniel Andrews will say and do anything that’s convenient on the day,” Mr O’Brien said. \n\n michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP Lol sure sparky. You’re delusional 😂 michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP Sounds more like the NSW government. michaelobrienmp DanielAndrewsMP oh ffs lol goosey claiming a covid winner or 2 after the race has near finished...who wouldve goosed -guessed
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Over 700 people have died from COVID, 'yet Dan Andrews keeps his job' | Sky News AustraliaFormer Victorian Liberal party president Michael Kroger says “of course” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews should resign. \n\nMr Kroger said the premier introduced into Victoria on July 1st, manslaughter laws which legislate a negligent employer could be charged with a criminal offence. \n\n“700 people have died, what is happening to him?” Mr Kroger said. \n\n“Nothing, he keeps his job.\n\n“The clash of civilizations now is a clash between the have’s, who are the politicians, and the have nots, who are the business community.\n\n“Nothing happens to these people, he’s had no reduction in salary, he hasn’t lost his job, he’s still there.\n\n“The gap between the rich and the poor, politically, the elites and the non-elites, has never been wider.”\n A former Liberal Party President. A very netural and unbiased point of view. 🙄🙄🙄 MOST DEATHS IN AGED CARE. Of course he did... but he doesn't get to have a say in it which must be distressing to him.
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