Stephen Bartos reviews the themes that emerged from the inquiry into Victoria’s adoption of a hotel quarantine strategy for a COVID-19 cohort, identifying multiple lessons for public servants.
The Victorian COVID-19 hotel quarantine inquiry is entering its final stages. Hearings have finished; parties to the inquiry can still make submissions until 5 October 5, with a report to be delivered by 6 November.
It has been a sobering experience for public servants and ministers. A key topic for the inquiry has been the use of private security guards to enforce quarantine – an approach that turned out to be tragically wrong.
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