VICTORIAN Government failings that led to a second "avoidable" wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have left the Mildura community fractured, panicked and distrustful, State Parliament has been told.

Member for Mildura Ali Cupper said residents in the Mildura municipality had willingly made sacrifices during the first wave of the virus for the sake of the entire state, only to be let down by the govern...