Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews has admitted his government made mistakes during the state’s pandemic response but insists his measures were a “triumph” that deserves congratulatory adulation. “I wouldn’t want anyone to think that we regard our pandemic response across the board as having been perfect—of course it wasn’t,” Andrews told Stephen Donnelly, a former Labor campaigner and host of left-leaning podcast Socially Democrat. “It’s a triumph in terms of what government in partnership with the community can do,” Andrews told Donnelly on Nov. 26. “There are things that if you could go back and change them, you would, but we don’t have the benefit of doing that.” However, it was unclear which policies Andrews regretted as Donnelly did not ask a follow up question following Andrews’ admission. Andrews also accused political opponents, including federal ministers, for disloyalty to the state when he was criticised for implementing a spate of …