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Thursday night ahead of the national cabinet decision to scrap
mandatory COVID-19 isolation.
The Victorian government also chose Friday morning to release
two independent reports into the state’s COVID-19 response –
including one that found there has been insufficient information
provided by the government since it ended its daily COVID-19 press
conferences in October.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews adjusts
his mask.Credit:Getty Images
Ahead of the national cabinet meeting, Victoria had emphasised
its wish for a consistent approach across the states and
territories.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has been lobbying for mandatory
COVID-19 isolation rules to end, so the onus can shift to
individuals taking personal responsibility for their own virus
management.
Although the health advice behind any shift on isolation rules
in Victoria will likely not be released until almost a week after
the change is enacted, Victoria’s chief health officer Brett Sutton
took to Twitter on Friday sharing an article warning that “big
COVID-19 waves may be coming”.
“Sleepwalking into COVID is not a strategy I would recommend,”
he wrote. “Still much remains uncertain.”
Many of the nation’s last remaining pandemic rules have been
removed in recent weeks and months, as recorded COVID-19 cases and
hospitalisations have fallen.
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Before the AFL grand final last week, Victoria announced masks
were now “strongly recommended” for passengers on public transport
and in taxis, but no longer compulsory.
The documents behind that decision were released late on
Thursday night. They showed Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne
Thomas wanted the changes implemented “as soon as possible” ahead
of the football game.
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton detailed serious
reservations, saying that, even if less than 50 per cent of
travellers complied with the mandate –in line with recent estimates
– it would still help significantly reduce transmission.
He said mandates particularly helped protect people with
disabilities and others at increased risk from COVID to use public
transport or taxis “where they have no other option available”.
However, he said moves by other states, including NSW, South
Australia and Queensland, to change their rules meant people
questioned the science behind the mandates.
“I note the competing tension when neighbouring jurisdictions
make changes, the result is further reduced compliance,” Sutton
said.
“People look to those jurisdictions and question the science and
whether mandates should be upheld. I cannot speak to why those
states have moved, but they have possibly gone through a low
transmission phase.”
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Sutton said it was up to the health minister whether she wanted
to maintain the mask mandates because of their health benefit
“particularly for those who do not have other options for travel”
or ease the rules “noting the competing issues of national
consistency [and] confidence in the rationale and public health
benefit as above.”
As Friday’s national cabinet meeting kicked off, the Victorian
Government released two independent reports into the state’s
COVID-19 communications and vaccine mandates, both chaired by the
former chair of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health
System, Penny Armytage.
Momcest captions largely complemented the approach of public
health officials who worked with local communities to reach those
most vulnerable to misinformation.
Victoria’s chief health officer Brett
Sutton took to Twitter on Friday sharing an article warning that
“big COVID-19 waves may be coming”.Credit:Nine News
However, she warned the end of daily press conferences and
severe cuts to the health department’s dedicated pandemic workforce
had resulted in insufficient access to clear and easy information
about how people could help protect themselves.
“The absence of regular communication and engagement with
Victorians from the government and trusted experts since the end of
October 2021 – when daily press conferences ceased – has likely
contributed to the uncertainty around COVID-19 and the government’s
response to COVID-19 in the future,” the report said.
“Misinformation starts to take hold in the absence of more
authoritative advice. Without clear messaging and expert advice
from the government, the media turn to people in the community who
have an opinion.”
At the beginning of July, the department’s COVID-19 workforce
was slashed from 1500 to 260, Armytage said, meaning there were
significantly fewer resources to provide the community with
information they need on managing COVID-19 risks.
The report by the Independent Pandemic Management Advisory
Committee was also critical of the department of premier and
cabinet for refusing to disclose the results of their behaviours
and attitudes survey results because it was “commercial in
confidence” and has “supported cabinet considerations”.
“The committee is of the view that given the expenditure of
public funds, consistent with other jurisdictions for transparency
and in the public interest, this information should be made
public.”
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Meanwhile, the Cowgirls naked, which saw large groups of
workers unable to work without proof of vaccination, said the
burden of disease associated with the virus was high enough to
warrant mandatory vaccines.
“The Minister exercised powers appropriately in making vaccine
mandate pandemic orders under the new pandemic management
legislation,” it said.
“The Committee has, however, found communication of some
decision-making could be enhanced to improve transparency in the
future. The rationale for the classes of workers/occupations
subject to vaccine mandates was not clearly communicated in the
minister’s statement of reasons.”
About 1.25 million Victorian workers were subject to the
mandates, which were “relatively extensive and prolonged in
comparison to those in other jurisdictions,” according to the
report.
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