While Victoria's hotel quarantine inquiry has been marked by the poor recall of some politicians and senior bureaucrats, the seeds of disaster were likely sown several governments ago.

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Payne cleared of intentional wrongdoing but fined $1000 for negligence

James Packer is taking the stand again to give his third day of evidence at the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority's public inquiry into Crown Resorts.

It's a symbol of Australia and at risk of becoming extinct.

A probe into Crown Resorts has heard James Packer had zero influence over the company's board and management despite the former chairman publicly saying he wanted to make the billionaire "proud".

The inquiry into Crown Resorts' alleged facilitation of money laundering has been told James Packer's involvement with Asian junkets was to build relationships but was "rare and superficial".

Victoria's coronavirus contact tracing system will be put under the microscope, as politicians seek to find out if it played any part in the state's deadly second wave.

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The Rhodes statue will stay up until an inquiry finishes its work later this year.

The board of Crown faces a grilling at the casino inquiry this week, when their contribution to the group's governance and risk management failings will be probed.

The Berejiklian government has backed without qualification a quarter of the recommendations of an upper house inquiry into koalas.

Comment: There are still gaps in understanding how the virus is transmitted.

Stewards adjourn inquiry into ride on beaten favourite

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Home affairs spoke to detainee and received recording of discussion of $50,000 payment following questions about initial investigation

The involvement of James Packer and his operatives in Crown Resorts must have contributed to a "blurring" of reporting lines in the lead-up to the China arrests, but the billionaire and his private investment company should not be blamed, an inquiry has heard.

A former Victorian mayor accused of taking bribes is heard in a phone call played to a corruption inquiry assuring a developer he is "in the background fighting".

An inquiry into whether Crown Resorts is fit run a new $2.2 billion Sydney casino is "open to conclude" money laundering occurred through two company An inquiry into whether Crown Resorts is fit run a new $2.2 billion Sydney casino is "open to conclude" money laundering occurred through two company subsidiaries.

Crown Resorts is unfit to hold a gaming licence for its newly-built casino in Sydney, in part due to the "harmful" influence of reclusive billionaire James Packer, an inquiry has heard.