Victoria today: 

242 days in lockdown;

11,018 active Covid cases;

1,438 new infections,

856 deaths

Under 50% of the population fully vaccinated;

Public hospital system on the verge of collapse;

Elective surgery lists cut by 50% to make space for Covid patients;

Ambulances forced to queue outside Melbourne hospitals under strain of Covid;

58 charges laid by state’s workplace safety watchdog against the Department of Health over lethal hotel quarantine fiasco of 2020;

More than 700 deaths during the second wave triggered by hotel quarantine; 

No individuals charged by WorkSafe; meaning taxpayers will pay the fines incurred by the Department of Health;  

The education of tens of thousands of students put...