A premier barely able to contain his anger. A chief health officer with contradictory impulses. A health system overwhelmed. We examine how the COVID-19 tide was turned.
The resignation of Victoria's top bureaucrat Chris Eccles was prompted by the production of phone records for the hotel quarantine inquiry but his exit had been quietly planned since at least July.
The secretary of Premier Daniel Andrews' department insists he did not make a crucial decision on private security in the state's quarantine hotels despite his resignation.