A year after the Victoria hotel quarantine inquiry, one significant question remains unanswered
- Written by Kristen Rundle, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
This time last year, the nation was riveted by the Victorian COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry, launched to determine the cause of the state’s disastrous second COVID wave. The outbreak led to 768 deaths and a 111-day lockdown of Melbourne.
It didn’t take long before a problem revealed itself. It was not at all clear who made the...