Former Victorian Liberal Party President Michael Kroger says the result of the hotel quarantine report, to have found no one at fault despite 800 deaths, is “profoundly disappointing”.

“Almost 800 people have died and, with respect to the former judge, she couldn’t find who made the decision. It’s not hard to find who made it,” he told Sky News.

“What a lot of nonsense from a profoundly disappointing report.”

The inconclusive results of the report had shown that it failed “its most basic job” of finding who made the decision, said fellow panelist, former Labor minister Stephen Conroy.

“Coate has failed in the task the premier gave her.”

On Monday, the final report into Victoria’s hotel quarantine program was handed down but did not identify the individual responsible for making the crucial decision to employ private security guards.

Retired judge Jennifer Coate determined the hiring process of security guards was inappropriate, nor was it sufficiently rigorous.

She also found the decision was made without proper analysis or formal articulation that it was in fact happening.