Tag: Quarantine Paradox
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Institutional accountability and the quarantine paradox—The criminal prosecution of the Victorian Department of Health
In an unprecedented shift that permanently breaks down the historical divide between public sector governance and criminal safety enforcement, WorkSafe Victoria has launched a historic prosecution against the state’s own health department. In WorkSafe Victoria v Department of Health [2021], the independent regulator filed 58 separate criminal charges under Section 21 and Section 23 of…