Jenny Mikakos

In her first public appearance since resigning, the former health minister again expressed disappointment that her department did not inform of her of serious operational problems during last year's COVID-19 second wave.

From day one on January 25 last year the coronavirus found every nook and cranny it could to divide and conquer.

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The Premier proudly holds so much of the power that there is a void just beneath him, with everyone assuming someone else is looking after things.

The governmental failings in hotel quarantine that led to a second wave of the pandemic are likely to be politically irrelevant.

The hotels inquiry's final report contradicted Premier Daniel Andrews' repeated assertions in June that guards intentionally broke 'well understood infection-control protocols'.

And so the 543-page final Report of the Coate Inquiry into Victoria's deadly Covid-19 hotel quarantining has been tabled.   Courtesy of the detailed work of retired judge Jennifer Coate, we now know…

After 800 deaths, months of hearings, 63 witnesses and three high-profile resignations, the 500-page final report from the inquiry into Victoria's botched hotel quarantine program has been released.

The Victorian Premier is strengthened by forcing the departure of ministers while the Prime Minister refuses to hold anyone accountable.

Warning that 13 clear days is no coronavirus vaccine, Premier Daniel Andrews doubts Victoria will fast-forward its timetable for more easing of restrictions....

Victorian Department of Health and Human Services secretary Kym Peake quits

The head of Victoria's health department, Kym Peake, resigns "to pursue other opportunities", less than two months after facing the state's hotel quarantine inquiry.

Kym Peake, the bureaucrat in charge of one of the key departments involved in quarantining program, faced months of pressure over her role.

Hotel quarantine inquiry hands down interim report into bungled program

Premier Daniel Andrews will take a long-awaited break from addressing Victorians on coronavirus when he finally takes a day off on Saturday.

Hotel quarantine inquiry final report delayed, key documents still missing

GPS trackers on overseas arrivals may be the key to tracking Covid-19 in Victoria.

Safer Care Victoria has launched an investigation into the use of blood glucose-testing kits in Melbourne's quarantine hotels, after it was revealed single-use kits were used on multiple people.

Months into Victoria's second wave, healthcare workers, cleaners and other front-line staff continue to be at greatest risk of contracting Covid-19, as concerns remain over infection control and the government's transparency about outbreaks in vulnerable settings.

The inquiry probing Victoria's botched hotel quarantine program will hold an extraordinary sitting next week, almost three weeks after it received closing submissions.