Victorian Health Department in Court Over Quarantine

Hotel quarantine workers in PPE are seen at the Intercontinental Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, on April 8, 2021. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

A hearing to determine if Victoria’s health department will face trial over alleged hotel quarantine failures is set to begin.

Worksafe charged the Department of Health in September 2021 with 58 breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, after a 15-month investigation.