Ombudsman: Border permits were ‘downright unjust, even inhumane’

Victoria’s “unjust” border permit scheme that locked thousands of people out of the state resulted in some of the most questionable decisions Ombudsman Deborah Glass has seen in her career, with Department of Health staff given as little as 30 seconds to categorise desperate applications.

Only 8 per cent of the 33,252 applications were granted in the period July 9 to September 14 this year, when the Ombudsman began her investigation. Parts of Sydney were designated a “red zone” in late June and COVID-19 Commander Jeroen Weimar urged all Victorians in New South Wales to return home on July 10, with the entire state declared a red zone a day later.

The guidelines did not evolve with Victoria’s growing outbreak, Ms Glass said, and persisted even once Premier Daniel Andrews abandoned the elimination strategy in late August. She said public health officials were working hard in an especially tough job during the pandemic. But she said: “If there is a next time – we cannot let this happen again.”

heyracheddie Shame GladysLiedPeopleDied then. Or it wouldn’t have been necessary. Hope Glass has a look at same situation in other states.

lisdavies heyracheddie So?

heyracheddie Wait until they do a similar review in QLD, SA and WA it will be equally as shocking

heyracheddie When are we going to change to Ombudsperson? Surely Ombudsman is outdated.

heyracheddie That’s not what the ombudsman said. Age just blatantly lying again. They said some of the individual decision were unjust, not the process itself. Nor did they say there was anything unjust about locking people out. Just that the permit system was applied incorrectly by some.

heyracheddie Well she’s obviously a right wing extremist Nazi then

heyracheddie Yeah. It was a global pandemic. The initial response was a bit of shambles. 🙄 Life is not a bed of roses - get over it

heyracheddie And now the danbots turn on the ombudsman. 😂Drips.

LizHcks heyracheddie Ms Glass said she did not criticise the decision to close the border, which was based on public health advice, but the narrow exercise of discretion.

heyracheddie Lived through a lot of Pandemics has she😎

heyracheddie Not that it makes it OK, and the Ombudsman deals only with Victoria. But these border restrictions were imposed across Australia. Let's criticise Andrews by all means but it sometimes seems that things like border restrictions and vaccine mandates only happened in Victoria

heyracheddie This was a pandemic. Victorians we UNVACCINATED. We were dealing with the Delta variant that was ravaging the most advanced cities on earth. It was out of control in Sydney. Ombudsman received ... 315 complaints. VicGov has to do what's needed to protect 6.6 MILLION Victorians.

heyracheddie Mass hysteria-fuelled decisions

heyracheddie This is factually incorrect. The ombudsman opined that some OUTCOMES for specific people were in her view 'unjust, even inhumane'. She did not say the SCHEME was unjust/inhumane, quite the opposite! Please report factual information, rather than sensationalistic click bait. ⚠️⚠️

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