December 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Andrews likely to survive 'shock' inquiry finding
Whether it is fair or right, the safe money is now on Daniel Andrews remaining as Victorian Premier to contest the 2022 election.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2020
Daniel Andrews texts reveal hotel quarantine plans
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews denies he or his chief of staff, Lissie Ratcliff, are the only ones left in a decision-making chain that led to the fatal use of private security to guard the state's quarantine hotels.
- Patrick Durkin, Hannah Wootton and Tom Burton
October 2020
More Andrews advisers under scrutiny as hotel inquiry delays report again
The delay may leave more Australians stranded overseas over Christmas, as Victoria will not restart accepting international flights into Melbourne until the report is handed down.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- The AFR View
State leadership uncertainty comes at a testing time
Gladys Berejiklian's unexpected fall from grace follows Daniel Andrews' travails. The two biggest states are now shaky at the top, right when the pandemic has increased the importance of state governments in Australia’s fight against the virus.
- The AFR View
Melbourne's lockdown fatigue goes all the way to the top
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's headline-grabbing performance before ICAC stole the limelight from a growing sense of dread in locked-down Melbourne. Here's your Monday briefing.
- Kris Swales
Melbourne business reopenings to be slow-walked
The stubborn case numbers mean the Andrews government will relax social restrictions before the business reopenings.
- Tom Burton
September 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
The 15 failures of Victoria's hotel quarantine program
After weeks of hearings and nearly 300,000 pages of documents, what went wrong with Victoria's quarantine program is clear for all to see.
- Tom Burton
- Analysis
- Coronavirus pandemic
Andrews' union ties in inquiry spotlight
The looming end to the hotel quarantine inquiry suggests the public may never learn the full story, but a window into Victoria's crisis cabinet emerged that is likely to be a focus when Premier Daniel Andrews is examined.
- Patrick Durkin
Former Vic police commissioner denies pushing for private security
Graham Ashton rejected claims that he wanted security contractors to take the lead role in securing quarantine hotels.
- Tom Burton
June 2020
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Andrews government goes postal
The Victorian government is scrambling to catch up to a virus it let get out of control. But the tough questions about Daniel Andrews' handling of the crisis are mounting more quickly than the spike in numbers.
- Updated
- Jennifer Hewett