Victoria's top cop was most likely behind the implementation of private security at quarantine hotels instead of police, an inquiry has heard. Quarantine breaches involving private security guards seeded 99 per cent of Victoria's deadly second wave of COVID infections, which in turn has led to more than 800 deaths of the elderly. The texts showed Mr Ashton had been working under the impression private security would guard hotels and not police or troops. 'Mate my advice is ADF will do Passenger transfer and private security will be used,' Mr Ashton responded six minutes later. Just moments before the text exchange, Mr Ashton had texted Premier Daniel Andrews' top bureaucrat Mr Eccles.

Source: Daily Mail November 30, 2020 06:29 UTC