Tearful families slammed the decision as “a joke” and demanded the home be held responsible for the deaths of their loved ones.

Taxpayers are likely to be slugged more than $50m after the Allan government settled a class action brought by business owners over its botched Covid-19 hotel quarantine program.

A woman working inside one of Melbourne’s Covid-19 quarantine hotels is suing the state government claiming she was required to “excessively” apply hand sanitiser while on the job, leading to serious ...