Ooo yes he did, Him and Andrews:Victoria’s hotel quarantine inquiry will confront head-on escalating concerns about Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton’s evidence and departmental failure to release crucial material.
The inquiry is examining whether it was deliberately deprived of key emails that show Professor Sutton knew — or should have known — that security guards were being used for hotel quarantine in late March.
The spotlight has intensified on Professor Sutton amid revelations he had declared earlier this month that Victoria was open for New Zealanders to visit. This was the day after a trans-Tasman “travel bubble” was announced.
The revelation raises doubts over Mr Andrews’s claims he was caught off-guard by the arrival of Kiwis on Friday
Mr Andrews said on Monday it was reasonable to expect that they would not have been permitted to travel into Victoria, despite the state’s border remaining open to interstate visitors.
However, this month he was at a press conference in which Professor Sutton was asked about the travel bubble, of which NSW and the Northern Territory were to be the first participants.
Professor Sutton said at the time he did not believe that Victoria had “missed out”.
“New Zealanders are free to come to Victoria,” he said.The spotlight has intensified on Professor Sutton amid revelations he had declared earlier this month that Victoria was open for New Zealanders to visit. This was the day after a trans-Tasman “travel bubble” was announced.
