As if the Black Saturday bushfires and the royal commission had not happened, governance problems and lack of accountability have marred Victoria’s management of the second COVID-19 outbreak.
As Victoria heads into longer and harder lockdown to squash its second wave, it may still be too early to get a handle on what's gone wrong. But if history isn't to repeat itself, some early parallels need to be drawn with the Victorian government's Black Saturday failures 10 years ago.
Trying to understand how Victoria mismanaged its COVID-19 crisis, I returned to the report of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. The commission had investigated and assessed accountability for managing the bushfires.
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Michael Angwin is a former industrial relations adviser. He is author of 'Playing in the Twilight'
