The Victorian government is withholding more than $10 million in payments claimed by the security companies it engaged to guard returned travellers at Melbourne’s quarantine hotels.
The revelation comes as Unified Security told the ongoing inquiry into hotel quarantine on Thursday that police and the Defence Force should have been involved in Victoria, rather than having private security in the lead role.The company has been providing guards for the program in NSW, where police have the lead enforcement role, while the Defence Force oversees the arrival and exit of detainees.
Instead of fulfilling its objective of preventing transmission from expats and travellers returning from overseas, COVID-19 spread from hotel quarantine in May to a hotel worker and security guards and into the community.
400 security guards sacked at Marvel stadium for fraudulent licenses etc. Police control licences yet happy for Security guards to front the COVID risk ! Stupidity by police and or didn’t want Defence on their patch
'while the Defence Force oversees the arrival and exit of detainees.' so the ADF never actually 'guarded' people in hotel quarantine in NSW.. interesting
Take note Victoria
Just hope Gladys doesn’t have another Ruby Princess 😥😥😥
Any decent police officer would have resigned by now.
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