COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Charges Abandoned in Victoria

Published on May 1, 2024

COVID-19 hotel quarantine charges against the Victorian Department of Health have been dropped amid a major loophole. Victorian prosecutors dropped charges after the evidence of 10 key health department witnesses was ruled inadmissible. Health department employees provided evidence to the Victorian Government’s Hotel Quarantine inquiry, but this evidence was found to be unusable again in other proceedings. During Victoria’s second COVID-19 wave, which resulted in more than 800 deaths, 99 percent of cases were traced back to workers at quarantine hotels. WorkSafe Victoria told The Epoch Times it is “deeply disappointed” by the decision to discontinue criminal proceedings against the Department of Health....

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