Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he does not believe Australian Defence Force support was offered to help run Victoria's hotel quarantine scheme.The Government has been criticised for using private security in the program, instead of police or ADF members
It follows days of pressure on the Government over the management of the scheme, which has been blamed for allowing coronavirus to spread back into the community ahead of Victoria's second wave. Nationals MP Danny O'Brien asked the Premier why the government engaged private security in the quarantine hotels and not police or Australian Defence Force personnel.Suspected cases of community transmission: 1,962Active cases linked to aged care outbreaks: 1,053Latest information from the Victorian Government
"I think it is fundamentally incorrect to assert that there was hundreds of ADF staff on offer and somehow someone said no. That's not, in my judgement, accurate."
if they didn’t offer .. thought it would have been reasonable for you as Premier to have asked ? just a thought
Has anyone asked what the total cost for this was? What were the contractors paid?
ScoMo advised 3 golden rules from day 1: Tracing - Dan FAIL Tracking - Dan FAIL Containment- Dan FAIL Plus Quarantine- Dan ABYSMAL FAIL Now repeatedly caught out Dan LIES day in day out as HIS death toll rises
At least his government is making the Queensland government look good which is extremely difficult.🤣🤣 Incredible Incompetence!!!!
Chairman Dan & Co still “knowingly put lives at risk” and have committed INDUSTRIAL MANSLAUGHTER. HIS absolute FAIL in hotel quarantine has today increased HIS second wave deaths by another 21 to 221. 88 lives in 5 days! INHUMANE Dan in his words is fully RESPONSIBLE for ALL
Look at the state of him... stand down Andrews. You’ve lost control
Resorting to straight-up lies now? This was widely reported at the time
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), it should be the essential key to the CCP Virus, now is banned from the main livestream media only because it is too cheap and too easy to solve the disaster. WAR OF Hydroxychloroquine
You had better fact check that headline.
Greg_MarineLab I believe Mr Andrews . I wouldn’t believe anything the LiarFromTheShire or his CrimeMinisters said , they have zero credibility. Paladin Robodebt WaterGate SportsRorts AngusGate ReefGate
And Reynolds lied about going to Bali..imagine the porkies she’ll scramble to produce here!
pathetic scum sackdanandrews
Danny Boy, Your statement is “refuted” you lied. Resign
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Federal government is in charge of quarantine when it comes to overseas travellers. Stop trying to pass the blame onto states ScoMo, it was you who pushed for open borders, schools and aged care facilities to save money on Jobseeker and Jobkeeper payments.
it's just dawned on me that he's quite correct in saying that.. the ADF were not offered for guarding people in quarantined hotels
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RUOK Dan? It's not good for your mental health if you have to lie all the time. Bet your not getting much sleep.
Ah but I’m sure if you’d asked you’d have received a professionally handled ADF quarantine operation, no doubt! Better than the fuckup you presided over!!!
Why is so hard to get to the truth?
Well now we have proof he was lying🙄
AllderLadd And I believe Dan before I believe the Fed Defence Minister! 🐎💩
Seriously, I thought that you can deploy ADF personnel to control the quarantine only if we're under 'martial law', last I'd checked, the ADF personnel are trained to defend our nation from hostile attacks by foreign Nation/s, not fight a virus.
DictatorDan
DictatorDan
Really ?
“Minister Linda Reynolds rejected Mr Andrews' claim that ADF personnel weren't offered, saying the Prime Minister made an offer to all states March 27 Reynolds said Victorian authorities responded advising the state was not seeking ADF assistance with mandatory quarantine”
How about the PM takes some responsibility I know it’s a hard ask for Mr Teflon, but there comes a time.
DulcieRueben64
The ramblings of a useful idiot refusing to relinquish his position! CCPVirus
So why does his official statement at his press conference in March tell it completely differently?
I believe Dan.
That's demonstrably not true. Why doesn't your headline state: ' Andrew's lies about offer of ADF support?'
Well we could always put the PM in front of the media and grill him with the hard questions... but he doesn’t actually answer any questions, he is completely missing.
Why do we have a Constitution Act if the Commonwealth doesn't follow it? Seriously, for weeks Dan Andrews has frontend the media, answered every question but when it comes to scrutinising the Feds for their disingenuous obfuscation, Morrison, Dutton score a free pass!? Biased BS!
Why should members of the ADF be put at risk? Sounds like it was an absolute shit fight. It’s a job for the police and Vic Health.
Dan has stuffed Australia
In order to receive you need to ask, same as the bushfires
Yes we’re bound to believe a socialist Labor Premier and a man who has almost singlehandedly stuffed the entire State! Vote Labor, and you’ll reap what you sow!
LIAR
Lol why is there an inquiry before this is over?
Say what ?! I am over you lot of “journalism” Here is some extra help
m8 they declined my application because I said I had a bout of depression after my dad died, that was my ticket to a better life and they shit it down for being human, I honestly couldn’t care less, fuck youse
bullshit
Quarantine s a Federal responsibility. Looks like states had to use fed govt. contractors. This will all cut through the Murdoch/LNP obfuscation eventually and land on scottyfrommarketing but damage will have been d9ne. Feel for DanielAndrewsMP Keep your head up. Great job.
'The answer to your question is no. And don't take anything that I say in my answer as in any way me confirming the rather lengthy editorial that you've just given me'. That's so much more entertaining than 'I do not accept the premise of your question'.
I remember Dan Andrews saying that NSW was using the ADF to transport arrivals to hotel quarantine weeks if not months ago. I know because I have quoted him a number of times. I believe that he is telling the truth. It's always so easy to criticize. It's much much harder to do.
What about a fact check
Liar. Under Defence Aid to the Civil Community (DACC) provisions it's up to your government to request the category of assistance you require from the commonwealth. You're very well aware of these provisions as Premier.
ADF personnel would be the first to tell you they did not enlist to babysit folk in hotels, many of whom acted irresponsibly requiring segregation.
Not the right thing to be focusing on, but he looks extremely tired in that pic.
Why ask the ADF to do something when you can pay millions to your friends in private security to do nothing?
PRGuy17 Lies
Just reject everything, like the federal libs
The radical left could never bring themselves to seek assistance from a federal liberal government. Ideology ahead of public health. So Labor. Andrews needs to be dismissed or arrested.
What do he means“Not offered?”The Vic Premier REFUSED their ADF help offer earlier on this year from the Federal Government! It only now that he can’t handle the 2nd wave we that he finally decides to take up the offer! If he wasn’t so proud,then 2nd lockdown would a non event!
Nothing he can say would be good enough, true or not. Guilotine still cold, need blood
Abc now attracting the right wing pile ons. What a disgrace the abc has become under the liberals and nationals. Needs another review of the balance reporting. It’s shifted 180 degrees
A question for fellow Victorians: Do we, in certain circumstances (such as pandemics) need leaders to take riskier than usual choices ? What happens to decision making in a crisis if “no mistakes” is the only acceptable outcome ?
Lies lies lies.. this boy has no shame
Oh Dan. I've supported you 100% but enough. Yes they were and it was DHHS that ran the operation as part of their inclusion program. Just admit to it and move on.
Yeah. And ScottMorrisonMP threatened aged care homes if they isolated because of Covid_19 concerns. But it's all DansFault right?
He 'does not believe they were offered.' Anyone else see the squirming going on here?
That's just not true. All states were told that if they requested ADF support that their request would be granted. The question needs to be 'why did you not request ADF support until July?'
B/S.
juzz_18
Bullshit DanielAndrewsMP resigndanandrews
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