A leaked email has revealed Victoria's government requested military assistance last week to help cope with the state's rise in coronavirus cases. Emergency Commissioner Andrew Crisp reportedly sent a "high priority" email to the Home Affairs and Defence Department asking for 850 Australian Defence personnel to help with the quarantine program. Premier Daniel Andrews insisted no request was made.
Premier Andrews has also refused to explain why private security contractors were used to monitor hotel quarantine instead of military or police personnel. As a coronavirus testing blitz continues in 10 declared hot-spots across Victoria, authorities revealed more than 10,000 people refused testing because they believed the virus was a conspiracy. The Premier refused to rule out whether more suburbs would be placed into lockdown should an upswing in cases continue.
oz_jacko They refused at first didn't they ?
An inept, incompetent, corrupt and dodgy leadership. Thank you DanielAndrewsMP, JennyMikakos and VictorianLabor. springst theheraldsun australian theage 3AW693 3AWNeilMitchell
Lies lies lies. Chairman Dan
C-Virus cases in Vic 17 Days of double-digit number of cases Who is responsible Dan? Daniel Andrews Takes the Schultz line I know “nothing” : WB Ray Hadley “The sheer stupidity is overwhelming!'
And this is 'News' because?
How this theory..if the people of Victoria weren't the dumbest in the country & just stayed home & listened, maybe no second outbreak..But we all know how simple most Victorians are so probably not there fault
So..... Victoria hasn't tried to cover anything up, unlike NSW & the RubyPrincess debacle.... How is the supposed Police Investigation going? Another investigation that has been swept under the rug? Who is being protected the Premier or Dutton? The buck stops at one of them!
Leaked? You mean purposely released information. Quit trying to place BLAME
If the military had removed Dopey Dan, Victoria would already be in recovery mode.
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Another 66 new coronavirus cases confirmed in Victoria, bringing caseload to 442 | Sky News AustraliaVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed another 66 people have tested positive to coronavirus across the state in the past 24 hours. \n\nMr Andrews said 17 of those were connected to contained outbreaks, one was linked to hotel quarantine, 20 were the result of routine testing and 28 were still under investigation. \n\nThe Premier said there were now 442 active cases across the state – including 23 people who were receiving treatment in hospital and six who were in intensive care. \n\nMr Andrews said there were 24,430 coronavirus tests undertaken yesterday alone, and urged anyone with even the mildest of symptoms to comply with testing requirements. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia DanielAndrewsMP The Dictator DanielAndrewsMP Yes and it goes on and on... DanielAndrewsMP Dan Andrews think u need new pair of glasses 👓 if u can’t see the high numbers growing by the day then there’s something wrong with u not just ur sight but ur lack of judgment that u won’t lock all of Victoria Down but only lock down certain codes lock everything down NOW!
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What’s happening in Victoria is serious ‘but we’re seeing a comedy of errors’ | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Chris Kenny says Victoria claims to be “the education state” so maybe its citizens should be made aware getting tested for COVID-19 is the least they can do during a public health crisis. \n\nOn Friday Victoria’s Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien criticised the Andrews government for its handling of Melbourne’s hotel quarantine fiasco.\n\nAn inquiry has been launched into Melbourne’s failed hotel quarantine system after it was revealed more than 50 new cases of the coronavirus in Victoria have been linked back to breaches.\n\nWhile Victoria’s Chief Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has been forced to insist coronavirus is not a 'conspiracy' as she revealed more than 10,000 Victorians have refused COVID-19 testing in the past week.\n\nMr Kenny said a “comedy of errors” has played out in the state’s handling of the virus. \n\nHe said the organisation of overseas quarantine in Melbourne has been “shambolic” as dozens of new cases of the deadly virus emerge daily. “the education state” my ass the least or the worse thing? Pretty lame effort by Chris Kenny
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Australia faring better on COVID-19 than around the world | Sky News AustraliaDespite the COVID-19 focus being on America and the politics surrounding President Trump, Europe has in fact fared much worse than the US and Australia says Sky News host Chris Kenny. \n\n“There's a huge focus on the US, which has the highest total death toll in the world, more than 130,000 people, and where the outlook is bleak,” Mr Kenny said. \n\nLooking at the data surrounding death rates in differing countries and Australia’s situation, he said “if we had Canada's death rate we would have more than 5500 deaths already”. \n\n“If we'd matched the disaster of the US we'd have almost double that, almost 10,000 deaths by far”. \n\nMr Kenny said if we compared to the UK, Australia would have lost more than 16,000 people and over 21,000 compared to Belgium. \n\nImage: AP realDonaldTrump So what you fu-King sociopaths! realDonaldTrump “Europe has in fact fared much worse than the US and Australia.” This sentence makes no sense. Delete this. Places in Europe have had terrible tolls but NOWHERE on Earth has done WORSE than the US. It doesn’t matter what you were trying to say, this statement is just plain wrong
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An apology from Victoria to the rest of AustraliaFor a day or two, we just smiled and felt completely safe that those scaredy cats in the Chief Medical Officer's domain would quickly get this irritation under control. Paywall? On a pandemic op ed? You get what you vote for. Victorians brought this upon themselves. Round of applause. Auspol Lol, loved it. Now get on with it chop chop!
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