'Accountable' Mikakos says she can't remember media appearance

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Embattled Health Minister Jenny Mikakos has denied she misled the inquiry into the Victorian government's botched hotel quarantine system after evidence emerged throwing her testimony into doubt.

"At the time of giving evidence to the Board, both by my First Statement and in person on 24 September 2020, I had no independent recollection of the matters raised in the media today," the Health Minister wrote.

Daniel Andrews' statement to the inquiry on Friday directly contradicts his minister's evidence that the hotel quarantine program was a "multi-agency response with shared accountability", while other aspects of her testimony have also been thrown into doubt. Hours after national cabinet announced on March 27 returned travellers would be quarantined in hotels, the Premier said at a press conference that security guards would be used for the program, alongside Australian Defence Force personnel and Victoria Police.

The draft resolution voted on by the Trades Hall Council says the government failed to consult with unions over their plans for Frankston Hospital and called for the expressions of interest process to be rescinded. The union claims the hospital may have breached the Fair Work Act and could be liable for compensations and damages to workers affected by the changes."The HWU is now on a war footing with the Andrews government," Ms Asmar said. "We will be fighting against contracting out of our public hospitals from now until election day."Mr Andrews stood by Ms Mikakos on Friday, before his own appearance at the inquiry, saying all his ministers had his confidence.

 

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Falls on her sword, more heroic than Dan , who should've taken same option, instead of the Decapitation, he is soon to encounter

Dictator Dan is the man,he did it

They all lied

Considering, this so called second wave comes from govt incompetence, not social interaction. Also elderly dying are from within aged care, not elderly in their own homes. People at risk are those with compromised immune not healthy public. Dan, should be finished politically?

Good riddance now she needs to be held accountable for her inactions and lies. She has miss lead all Victorians, parliament and inquiry. She has caused the death and suffering of hundreds of thousands people

Yesterday’s Hotel Inquiry session: Make your own minds up.. A new contact tracing team has been set up to detect and control the spread of the toxic amnesia virus. There appears to be a number of mystery cases..or unknown sources.

To be honest she has been one of the worst ministers in the Andrews government for years. They have shuffled her among many portfolio's fot years. Yet still she keeps failing. Coming from a Labor voter.

Her failure to remember could be due to the late nights with NStaikos and his cousin in Bali asimpso98889022

The ADF would not have been an option. State Labor wanted to manage Covid with little fed intervention or help. Similar to the way they pursued Belt and Road.

Liar!Liar! MikakosOut

Gone by Monday, surely..?

They should get be paid $750 as job keeper and lockdown in their home for 2 months like we did. Not only her, every one of them for making Melbourne non liveable city

The real story is - who got the pay back on the security job. Are there any journos out there, or are you all afraid of Dictator Dan's thought police?

She needs to go and DanMustGo SackDanAndrews

Surely there’s an email trail. I’ll send the Darl around. She can track an email sent to an ex girlfriend 15 years ago...

Jenny should not resign and Dan shouldn't ask her to either. If Tudge can still be a federal government minister after committing a crime... Well...

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When will Morrison’s head roll?

Jenny Mikakos should resign. As should Fletcher and Trudge and Stuart Robert. In the days when Ministerial Responsibility was taken seriously as an integral part of the democratic system of Government, any Minister whose Department was involved in a calamity, resigned.

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She's either lying or extremely incompetent, either way she's in the wrong and must resign.

How many are now dead due to the LNP’s neglect of their aged care homes? How many? 500, 600? And where’s Costello’s TheAge calling for Colbeck’s head to roll? Oh that’s right, this 👇

Don’t for a second think that the Unions aren’t running the Vic Labor Govt. That’s why these puppets can’t recall who made a decision. They are made by the unions and these gutless corrupt puppets simple regurgitate them to the public.

Yeah and Dan threw her under the bus

Dumbest journos in Australian history.

She just did as Dan the man told her

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