"I don't run from problems and challenges. I've got a very important job to do which is to continue to get these case numbers down and then to begin the biggest recovery project that our state has ever seen. I don't run from challenges," he said."The four ministers should all be accountable for their lack of apparent oversight of the quarantine program that failed in its ability to contain the virus.
" -Many others came out in support of Ms Mikakos, saying the hotel quarantine failings were not entirely her fault.Credit:"Scapegoat. And yes, other ministers and high level bureaucrats need to have their heads roll. We the people of Melbourne are paying a high price for their mishandling of the situation. Saying 'sorry' doesn’t cut it.""Andrews should be out the door too. What a catastrophic failure of government.
Andrews is State leader isnt he? Buck stops with him. He might'nt have meant it to happen but by repeatedly refusing ADF help from Canberra and SUPPOSEDLY not knowing what 1ST QUARENTINE systems were in place, we ended up here. He totally backed her, till he needed a scapegoat.
Costello got to you didn’t he? Don’t let him be Murdoch
NO. Absolutely not! (Unless she had done some corrupt act. ) No. vvv cross. Far too much to ask in these ignorant circumstances! Chin up, then. Non illegitimi carborundum! Carpe diem! x
It's a textbook plan to protect the Dear Leader. Good luck with that. He will be prosecuted. And don't think Mikakos is immune. Even despite the fact that the show trial was about denying responsibility by all parties.
Fair, but a disgraceful way she was pointed out. Andrews needs to resign!
Cherry picking responses, so my question to the reporter, has the gov done a great job since the hotel failure ?
why haven’t you uncovered THE PERSON who signed the contracts with UNIFIED SECURITY and MSS SECURITY? Where in the contract did it mention training? Dig deep media. caromeldrum 4corners DanielAndrewsMP leighsales Peter_Fitz
It is definitely fair. They all should be removed. Dumm a*s. How could they dare to say no one knows. damn liars.
Yet again, balanced reporting is MIA. Honestly, the one-sided reporting & attacks from MSM is causing more stress and anxiety than the lockdown.
She did the right thing to resign. DanielAndrewsMP to resign next for this botched quarantine. Buck stops with him. resignDanAndrews DanLiedPeopleDied DanBotchedQuarantine melbournelockdown2020 COVID19Vic
Ridiculous - infections at Hotel Quarantine in WA, NSW and Federal Government nursing homes - are the media going to ask the Premier, ministers or PM to resign too? Media bullshit - doctors, nurses infected - can occur in hospitals but not in Hotel Quarantine? Murdoch media bias
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I'm glad I can't read this. Keep digging the knife deeper at the Age. You must be thrilled.
Very fair - breathtaking incompetence. Failure to act is the worst aspect. Energy wasted on the optics compounds. However not alone - should be joined by others.
If they accept her resignation Andrews through to the pm & all attached clingons should follow her example. They are more culpable than what she is.
They should ALL go! Everyone who had the slightest input into this debacle must go! No if’s no but’s no pension plan no parliamentary privileges just GO. With over 800 now dead they deserve 0.....
Chairman Dan AKA the busdriver hotelquarantineinquiry
Long overdue and she should have taken that extremely irresponsible Eccles with her.
Definitely She needs to go. Be a brave woman, stand up and take responsibility. I thought she would resigned weeks ago. It is her department. Don't pretend she knew nothing about this.
Another ‘balanced’ article from the age 🙄
It’s a collective responsibility and the buck rests with Dan Andrews.
But isnt it the responsibility of a boss to make sure the workers do whats required..if your house was built wrong would you go after the tradies or maby the company that took the money and the agreed to the contract or would it be dan andrews fault
Why do LNP ministers get a free pass from TheAge ? The LNP’s Simon Birmingham has the answer. auspol
No, she shouldn't have resigned. The head of DHHS certainly should though. Clean out that whole department, useless.
Yes it was fair and Daniel Andrews should also resign. I have no faith in him or his government. He is destroying this state and the mental health and livelihoods of the people of Victoria. He is also a liar
A woman loses her job for a man in politics at the top whom has well and truly greased the pole upon which he climbed. She is the patsy. That’s the full stop now on 2nd wave & HC discussion. Today he will shower us with praise & surprise us with generous easing of restrictions.
Really? Mistakes should be fixed by those who made them. Not resign. How is that fair for victorians?
It’s the first time in my life I’ve despised a Labor Government. Andrews, Pakula, Neville and Merlino need to go too. The long term damage they’ve inflicted on Victorians will be felt for many, many years.
Serial incompetent...
Seriously after watching yesterday's press conference I have nothing but desire for the whole vic gov to step down. How does a premier not speak to anybody or not know anything. It shows incompetents to be frank.. All bs. We see through it.
It’s clear she was incompetent for the role , it’s also clear that she wasn’t involved in the recruitment of security guards but Andrews and Pakula were.
If one state politician resignes for people becoming infected with the China-virus then ALL should, especially federal.
The media wanted a scalp, they got it, and now questioning a decision made by her
The composition of these responses tell me that several of respondents are actually echoing what was written to them by MatthewGuyMP.
I wouldn’t read your Costello publication , you’ve undermined the health message in this State from the first lockdown, you’re now no better than the Murdoch trash that’s sold as news. You’ve let Victorian’s down , hope you’re satisfied. Despicable.
Don’t think so 🤔
Please end the Circus! Take ownership like the Health Minister & move on. Time for change & hope. The people of Vic need hope & ambition, a fresh direction away from the failures of the current politics. Please just all move on. Take your pay outs & Go. Allow us to live again.
No. The emphasis should be on bringing criminal charges against the private security firm and a number of its employees.
The whole lot of them should resign. It’s that simple. What a disgrace they are.
An ogry of corruption, cronyism and incompetence in Canberra, but no. Let's hammer Andrews a bit more. Why don't you just do your job and investigate, instead of another piece of biased opinionisation. ThisIsNotJournalism
Bullshit - I’d wager the Age has carefully curated these comments. I’d like to see a proper thematic analysis here of the comments received and the proportions of each.
Not fair.
Here the question - ask the security company who signed the contract to employ their staff and what the payment would be for hotel quarantine Simple
Should be mutual responsibility on quarantine fiasco. Oh wait, find a scapegoat then her resignation saves other's a**
just read breakdown of Mikakos political career, my god it should have been over before it started.
They messed up.. whoever
Wide cross section of opinions you have there. Sheesh!
Daniel Andrews needs to go
No it wasn’t fair. She should have been sacked months ago. The least competent minister I’ve ever seen at either state or federal level.
Yes absolutely. They're all Federal LNP Ministers.
The real issue is the poorly designed emergency command structure. My bet is the BOI will recommend changes. I think everyone is jumping to conclusions way too early
We have to get thru this pandemic. We don’t need govt destabilisation now. People are fearful & frightened. No news outlet has understood the constant undermining of Vic covid response is as bad as the restrictions & sickness. Negative impact on the community. So sick of it.
The entire federal ministry should have resigned already. Double standards for labor.
It's her responsibility. Removing her insulates the rest of state labor to a degree. Overseeing a response that sees 9x the covid deaths in the rest of the country combined .. a staggering 89% of covid deaths in the country. It demands some accountability.
I am really sad that people who have been doing their best since the fires are now being kicked after they have given their all by people who would never have worked as hard. All of those who have contributed have done their best and tried to fix mistakes as they arise.
Of course she had to resign - it's called ministerial responsibility and she also misled the inquiry. She had to go and Andrews knew it
This is a rhetorical question? She has shown integrity by doing this. Should she have? Based on the performance of govt ministers over the last 8 years, I would have said why should she? There’s been no govt precedent on resigning because you have abrogated your responsibilities.
Yes she should’ve resigned! No she’s not the only one that should go (looking at you Pakula, Neville and Andrews)! Yes Feds should also be held accountable, whataboutism won’t work here I’m afraid.
I think you’ve only chosen the Andrews negative twits tweets
The corrupt and incompetent ones in the federal sphere most definitely should. The ones that perpetrated robodebt, sportsrorts, the aged care debacle should have already gone.
MSM. Running the LNP protection racket.
Australia’s Constitution is clear: the federal government is responsible for quarantine. How did we end up in a situation where individual states and territories are allowed to run their own quarantine regimes?
What process was followed to decide which comments to include in this article? 🤔
I am no political expert, but I think that there absolutely needs to be accountability and she was the health minister. But, I do not except that no one knows who made the call. And I do not except a premier throwing a colleague under the bus only to carry on as if innocent
How can you both constantly harass vic gov to lift restrictions, as well as hold them responsible for every infection? if we followed the federal government strategy there would have been no enforced quarantine in the first place - how would that have panned out?
No she shouldn’t have resigned nor should anyone else. I know a few Liberal politicians that should be sacked
It is fair, she must be one of many, also they should all be trialed for manslaughter.
Biased reporting as usual, you guys are the real virus
Yes most of the Morrison cabinet should resign!
I am staggered people’Murdoch’ press are piling on the Vic Labour response. Such a travesty of media culpability. Let’s hear about the Feds LNP corruption, illegal activities etc . Looking at Victoria I’d ‘look over here ‘ politics
It's pointless to direct attention to a few resignations. The focus should be on what happened and why. It shouldn't be a single point failure therefore we need to ask what/who are the efficient cause/s, the formal cause, well we know the final cause.
Richard Colbeck and Brad Hazzard, what are you waiting for?
Silly question........near 800 trollies says that.
She is a criminal.
DanLiedPeopleDied
No fair , she should stay they all do good job Labor . Give many of multicultural people jobs and help diversity. Not their fault virus escape from traveller . Our community get unlucky after one or two family gatherings but Brett Slutten appollogise
Is it fair that Brad Hazzard still has a job Is it fair that Colbeck still has a job No it’s not , why don’t journalists go after the Liberals for answers
What a shitty article. I’m gonna ditch The Age. It’s turning into a turd 💩
The readers want to know when Age Journalist will tell us why Liberal Minister’s are treated like a protected species Brad Hazzard Colbeck Why have these Liberals not been sacked for mismanagement and incompetence
It’s fair as long as the rest of the incompetent Labor party resign .
I sometimes wonder that the decision to use security guards was made by someone so low down in the food-chain because it was just a decision that had to be made with stuff all notice. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
its about time the media takes some responsibility for the right wing QAnon BS that is taking hold in Victoria. Why are you holding the ALP to a higher standard than the Libs who are responsible for Aged Care (and no federal ministers have been asked to resign)
At least she had the integrity to own up and went ! So what about the Ruby Princes and the housing minister in Tasmania both liberal members LiberalAus ScottMorrisonMP GutweinTeam australian
The buck stops with me - quote end quote the Premier! No credibility just arrogance.Hero he is not! But has orchestrated his own Stockholm Syndrome in Victoria! Freedom is what everyone should be screaming. Not misguided praise. lockdownMelbourne Corruption sky
Eagerly awaiting the book and the Julia Gillard’s interviews on the ABC
A victim ..... with racist, sexist overtones.
Now all the ministers in the Ruby princess cover ups and the 126 million dollar election rorts why is the PM still not investigated
No she shouldn’t have resigned. She did nothing wrong.
WOW! In a city of 6 million... your readership gets a few hundred... Keep up the good work.
Yes and ever moron who served in Dan's cabinet to resign. At least they will be known as the hateful eight.
Hey channel 9 where’s the ask readers about Morrison’s plan for the aged care sector he said he had but it wasn’t implemented?
Stiff shit. She took the trappings, time to take one for the DS
All of them
Yes fair Mikakos resigned. She was Minister for Health. Yes more should resign. Time for some accountability & ministerial responsibility.
Of course she should've resigned, as should the Premier.
She has enormous integrity. Waiting for NSW and Federal Ministers to do the same
Hundreds responded...well, that's conclusive then.
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