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11.49am BST

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A quick recap on what happened today:

11.04am BST

Asked if he would step down as premier if the hotel quarantine inquiry laid the blame for the outbreak on his office, Andrews said his responsibility was to keep going.

My position and the responsibility I have is to see our state through this. What is what I'm focused on.

Let me be as frank as I can be: Politics has never mattered less to me. Leadership is not able doing what's popular, it is about doing what's right.

The politics of this, that is of no value. The only thing that matters is we all stay the course. We all keep following the data, the science and the doctors and get this done. Then move to the biggest economic repair job that our state has ever seen.