Victoria's purpose-built COVID quarantine hub to be shuttered by government following drop in demand
2 years, 5 months ago

Victoria's purpose-built COVID quarantine hub to be shuttered by government following drop in demand

ABC  

A half-billion dollar COVID-19 quarantine facility in Melbourne's north will be closed after just eight months in operation following a drop in demand. Key points: A $580m quarantine facility in Melbourne's north will be closed next week The site opened in February and has housed 2,168 residents during its life span The government defended its construction, saying it could be used during future pandemics or natural disasters The Centre for National Resilience in Mickleham opened in February to house international travellers, frontline workers and Victorian community members, but housed just 2,168 residents. "Putting a padlock on Mickleham is just lazy – this facility could be used to house bed blockers or vulnerable Victorians needing crisis accommodation and more," Ms Crozier said. "A Liberals and Nationals Government will not let this facility go to waste and will immediately explore relocating bed blockers to this facility to help fix the health crisis."

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Wellcamp COVID quarantine facility costing Queensland government more than $220 million after figures released in budget estimates hearing
2 years, 7 months ago

Wellcamp COVID quarantine facility costing Queensland government more than $220 million after figures released in budget estimates hearing

ABC  

Queensland taxpayers have spent more than $220 million setting up and running the controversial privately owned Wellcamp quarantine facility on the Darling Downs that will be mothballed within days. Key points: The Deputy Premier says with increased vaccination coverage the facility is no longer needed Since opening in February, 730 people have quarantined at the facility Mr Miles defended how …

Queensland records 39 COVID deaths with historical cases from January included in tally
3 years, 1 month ago

Queensland records 39 COVID deaths with historical cases from January included in tally

ABC  

Queensland has recorded 39 COVID deaths, however the latest cases stretch back to mid-January with the Chief Health Officer warning it does not indicate a peak in cases. Key points: Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says Wellcamp could cost $190million a year to operate Shadow Finance Minister Jarrod Bleijie says the Wellcamp project did not go to tender There has been …

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers
3 years, 5 months ago

Victoria set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated international travellers

ABC  

Victoria is set to scrap COVID-19 quarantine requirements for international arrivals from next month, bringing it into line with New South Wales. It's understood arriving travellers would need to be fully immunised and test negative for coronavirus. At this stage, it's believed the quarantine changes will be officially announced at Friday's COVID-19 media conference. Melbourne opening up after 263 days …

How will Queensland's own COVID-19 quarantine facility at Wellcamp near Toowoomba work?
3 years, 6 months ago

How will Queensland's own COVID-19 quarantine facility at Wellcamp near Toowoomba work?

ABC  

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland is building its own 1,000-bed quarantine facility next to Wellcamp Airport, just outside Toowoomba. So now Queensland is going it alone on the project despite the federal government approving an army barracks at Pinkenba, near Brisbane Airport, for a joint-run 1,000 bed quarantine facility. Deputy Premier Steve Miles told ABC Radio Brisbane the Queensland government …

Queensland records no COVID-19 cases either in community or quarantine, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirms
3 years, 7 months ago

Queensland records no COVID-19 cases either in community or quarantine, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirms

ABC  

Queensland has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 either in the community or in quarantine in the past 24 hours, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says. Key points: Essential workers will soon need one vaccine dose to cross the border from NSW into Queensland Queensland has declared Darwin and the Katherine region a COVID hotspot A 1,000-bed quarantine facility at Pinkenba has …

COVID-19 quarantine facility proposal at Damascus Barracks in Brisbane suitable, study finds
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 quarantine facility proposal at Damascus Barracks in Brisbane suitable, study finds

ABC  

A purpose-built COVID-19 quarantine facility could be operating in Brisbane early next year after a feasibility study found a Defence site in Brisbane's east to be suitable. Key points: The Queensland government has been pushing the Commonwealth to commit to building a dedicated quarantine facility The Brisbane centre will increase the number of Australians able to return from overseas The …

Is Australia’s hotel quarantine system broken?
3 years, 7 months ago

Is Australia’s hotel quarantine system broken?

Al Jazeera  

The government says system is ‘99.99-percent effective’ but as Delta triggers new lockdowns there are calls for change. Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists that the hotel quarantine programme is “99.99-percent effective.” But there have been at least 21 separate leaks from various hotels, which have led to the repeated closure of schools and businesses and significant disruption to daily life …

A year has passed since the ACT recorded a locally acquired COVID-19 case. How did Canberrans do it?
3 years, 8 months ago

A year has passed since the ACT recorded a locally acquired COVID-19 case. How did Canberrans do it?

ABC  

Today marks an entire year since the ACT last recorded a COVID-19 case that spread locally. Key points: Canberra has gone a year without a locally transmitted infection Canberra has gone a year without a locally transmitted infection The ACT has had the least COVID-19 cases of all states and territories, including per capita The ACT has had the least …

Covid Australia: Melbourne out of Victoria's lockdown after one new case on Wednesday
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne out of Victoria's lockdown after one new case on Wednesday

Daily Mail  

Millions of Victorians will finally be let out of most aspects of lockdown on Friday, but crippling restrictions will remain in place despite the state reporting just one new and traceable Covid-19 case on Wednesday. Acting Premier James Merlino on Wednesday said metropolitan Melbourne will move to 'most of the same settings' currently in place across regional Victoria, with masks …

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid Australia: Melbourne lockdown WON'T be extended unless 'massive surge' of mystery cases

Daily Mail  

Melbourne's tough lockdown will end on Friday as planned unless there is a massive surge in mystery cases, government sources say. Victorian government sources said the city's lockdown will be lifted as scheduled at 11.59pm on Thursday, with restrictions likely easing to those currently in place in regional Victoria. Melbourne's tough lockdown is unlikely to be extended unless there is …

Victoria's COVID lockdown set to be extended over rapid spread of the virus
3 years, 9 months ago

Victoria's COVID lockdown set to be extended over rapid spread of the virus

ABC  

The Victorian government looks set to extend the seven-day lockdown, due to end at 11:59pm on Thursday, amid growing fears about rapid transmission in settings "never seen before". Key points: Health officials and government ministers held talks about extending the lockdown last night Health officials and government ministers held talks about extending the lockdown last night Health experts say this …

Why Melbourne yet again? The factors that fed into the latest coronavirus lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Why Melbourne yet again? The factors that fed into the latest coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

As the anxiety-inducing threat of yet another lockdown loomed on Wednesday, many Victorians were asking: Why do these things always seem to happen to us? Mr Morrison has said the hotel quarantine system had been "99.9 per cent effective". Professor Toole said he did not understand how Prime Minister Scott Morrison could assert that hotel quarantine was "99.99 per cent …

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid-19 Australia: How 18-second sliding doors moment in hotel quarantine brought Victoria lockdown

Daily Mail  

An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers in South Australian hotel quarantine sparked the Covid-19 outbreak that has plunged Melbourne into another crippling snap lockdown. An 18-second sliding doors moment between returned travellers at Adelaide's Playford Hotel sparked Melbourne's outbreak, a report has found The list of potential Covid-19 exposure sites in Victoria has reached 150 locations as of …

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES
3 years, 9 months ago

MELBOURNE POSTCODES HIT WITH COVID-19 CASES

Daily Mail  

Read articles that feature this panel How all it took was an 18 SECOND exposure to the contagious Indian Covid variant to send seven million into lockdown - as supermarkets place. Vaccination hub is added to Victoria's growing list of Covid exposure sites as Melbourne continues to battle its latest outbreak A Covid-infected person visited Preston City Hall on Gower …

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia: Fourth round of lockdown in Melbourne as new Covid infection cluster grows

India TV News  

Australia’s second-largest city was set to enter its fourth lockdown Thursday as concern grew over the rapid spread of infections from a coronavirus variant. The seven-day lockdown for Melbourne and the rest of Victoria state comes after a new cluster in the city rose to 26 infections, including a person who was in intensive care. Health Minister Greg Hunt described …

Millions in Australia plunged into snap COVID-19 lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Millions in Australia plunged into snap COVID-19 lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Nearly seven million people in state of Victoria will have to stay at home for a week in bid to contain new cluster of cases. Nearly seven million people in Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria will start a snap lockdown on Thursday night, as officials blame a sluggish vaccine rollout and hotel quarantine failures for a fresh virus outbreak …

Minister begs Australians to get Covid-19 jab as Melbourne's cluster continues to grow
3 years, 10 months ago

Minister begs Australians to get Covid-19 jab as Melbourne's cluster continues to grow

Daily Mail  

All eligible Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against coronavirus as an outbreak threatens to spread across Melbourne. All eligible Australians are being urged to get vaccinated against coronavirus as an outbreak threatens to spread across Melbourne 'We heard that of the new cases that were announced overnight and yesterday as well, three of them were over 50 that …

Victoria's COVID outbreak sees travel restrictions return for Queensland border
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria's COVID outbreak sees travel restrictions return for Queensland border

ABC  

Victoria is tackling another COVID-19 outbreak, which means some restrictions are back for Queenslanders travelling to and from the southern state. Queensland COVID-19 snapshot In latest reporting period: Deaths: 11 11 New cases: 5,698 Queensland's vaccine rollout: First dose: 93.2 per cent 93.2 per cent Second dose: 92.7 per cent Latest case information from Queensland Health. New exposure sites Contact …

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster
3 years, 10 months ago

South Australia imposes new border restrictions with Victoria over Melbourne coronavirus cluster

ABC  

South Australia has imposed fresh border restrictions in response to Melbourne's coronavirus cases, but SA Health says it is not ready to release its report into a man who stayed in an Adelaide medi-hotel and is potentially linked to the cluster. Key points: Anyone who has been at an exposure site in the relevant time is now banned from entering …

Federal Budget 2021 offers no new plan for COVID-19 hotel quarantine alternatives
3 years, 10 months ago

Federal Budget 2021 offers no new plan for COVID-19 hotel quarantine alternatives

ABC  

The federal government is under fire after last night's budget provided no new funds for open-air quarantine facilities beyond an already announced expansion at Howard Springs. Key points: The budget did contain $500 million to expand capacity at the Howard Springs quarantine facility But there were no funds for a proposed cabin-style quarantine facility in Melbourne's north Prime Minister Scott …

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria records COVID-19 case at Wollert, north of Melbourne, after man leaves SA hotel quarantine

ABC  

Victorian health authorities have revealed six potential COVID-19 exposure sites, after a man who completed his hotel quarantine in South Australia returned to the state and tested positive. Key points: Follow-up tests confirmed the man's positive COVID-19 diagnosis He left India in mid-April, before completing hotel quarantine in South Australia Potential exposure sites have been listed in the Melbourne CBD, …

Peter Dutton dismisses Victoria's COVID-19 quarantine hub proposal as 'smoke and mirrors'
3 years, 10 months ago

Peter Dutton dismisses Victoria's COVID-19 quarantine hub proposal as 'smoke and mirrors'

ABC  

The federal government has poured cold water over Victoria's proposed quarantine facility in Melbourne's north, which Defence Minister Peter Dutton described as "smoke and mirrors". Key points: The Victorian government was seeking at least $200 million from the federal government to build the Mickleham facility Mr Dutton said the hotel quarantine programs across the states and territories were doing a …

Victoria identifies site for purpose-built quarantine facility, wants Commonwealth to fund construction
3 years, 10 months ago

Victoria identifies site for purpose-built quarantine facility, wants Commonwealth to fund construction

ABC  

The Victorian government has confirmed plans for a purpose-built quarantine hub in Melbourne's north and has called on the Commonwealth to pay for its construction. Key points: A proposal for the 500-bed hub includes the ability to scale up and house 3,000 returned Australians A proposal for the 500-bed hub includes the ability to scale up and house 3,000 returned …

Perth COVID lockdown update: Mark McGowan calls on federal government to offer up quarantine facilities
3 years, 11 months ago

Perth COVID lockdown update: Mark McGowan calls on federal government to offer up quarantine facilities

ABC  

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has again called on the federal government to help establish alternative quarantine sites to city hotels. Key points: Mark McGowan says CBD hotels are "not fit-for-purpose quarantine facilities" A government spokesperson said defence bases and immigration centres are "unsuitable" for quarantining The Premier again urged visitors to the listed contact sites to get tested for …

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work
4 years ago

Victoria's COVID-19 hotel quarantine program is set to resume. Here's how it will work

ABC  

International travellers will start flying back into Melbourne from April 8. Close to six weeks ago, Victoria's hotel quarantine program was halted after COVID-19 leaked into the community and the state went into a snap five-day lockdown. The government says a team of health experts and engineers are assessing every single room in every hotel used in the program to …

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next
4 years ago

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year. Here's what happens next

ABC  

Victoria is COVID-free for the first time this year, after the Health Department declared the final active case in the state had recovered. The health department said on Monday night that "almost all" current hotel quarantine workers had already had the first jab. Professor Baxter said if all workers had at least had their first vaccination injection, the outbreak risk …

Australians stranded overseas 'exhausted' as Victoria's coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed
4 years ago

Australians stranded overseas 'exhausted' as Victoria's coronavirus hotel quarantine remains closed

ABC  

For the third time in the past year, Georgina Trigg and her family have been packing up their belongings and preparing to leave Dubai. Key points: Ms Trigg's family was told the cancellation was due to Victoria's pause on international arrivals A Melbourne woman who returned via Sydney says Victoria has a reputation for being unreliable with hotel quarantine The …

Victoria's snap lockdown is over but it comes at a political cost for Daniel Andrews
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria's snap lockdown is over but it comes at a political cost for Daniel Andrews

ABC  

Victoria has survived its third lockdown. For some people, particularly small business owners, the "circuit-breaker" lockdown has been a doom and gloom trigger after the damage inflicted during last year's much longer lockdown. The snap lockdown over relatively few cases can present a new challenge if the Premier has to take future tough action, with Andrews's social and political capital …

Victoria examining alternative quarantine options, with Avalon Airport flagged as possible location
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria examining alternative quarantine options, with Avalon Airport flagged as possible location

ABC  

The Victorian government is looking at alternatives to the current hotel quarantine model, including setting up purpose-built facilities on land outside of the CBD. Key points: Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton says a purpose-built quarantine facility with fresh air would be great for welfare issues Senior government officials will travel to the NT to see how the Howard Springs facility …

Hotel quarantine travellers to be allowed out of rooms for ‘gulps of fresh air’, minister says
4 years, 1 month ago

Hotel quarantine travellers to be allowed out of rooms for ‘gulps of fresh air’, minister says

The Independent  

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Victorian coronavirus outbreak likely to grow as Melbourne Airport terminal listed as exposure site
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian coronavirus outbreak likely to grow as Melbourne Airport terminal listed as exposure site

ABC  

Victorian authorities estimate up to 5,000 people moved through an airport terminal listed as a key coronavirus exposure site, as the state prepares to enter a snap five-day lockdown under stage 4 restrictions. Key points: Melbourne Airport Terminal 4 has been listed as an exposure site for a roughly nine-hour window on Tuesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he supported …

Melbourne set for FIVE-DAY lockdown with schools closed
4 years, 1 month ago

Melbourne set for FIVE-DAY lockdown with schools closed

Daily Mail  

Five million Melbourne residents are bracing for lockdown once again as a Covid-19 cluster grows to 13, with five new cases reported on Friday. Melbourne 's worrying Covid cluster has now climbed to 13 cases after five more positive tests linked to the Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport were recorded State government advisers were instructed to draw up plans for a …

Victorian authorities race to investigate two new COVID-19 cases at 'hotbed' quarantine hotel
4 years, 1 month ago

Victorian authorities race to investigate two new COVID-19 cases at 'hotbed' quarantine hotel

ABC  

An urgent review into cases of suspected transmission of COVID-19 in Victoria's hotel quarantine system is underway, after a cluster of cases at a hotel near Melbourne Airport grew to three. Key points: Authorities say the latest cases were likely transmitted on one floor at the quarantine hotel Authorities say the latest cases were likely transmitted on one floor at …

Experts claim Australia's hotel quarantine system can't contain mutant strains
4 years, 1 month ago

Experts claim Australia's hotel quarantine system can't contain mutant strains

Daily Mail  

Public health experts believe more coronavirus infections will escape Australia's hotel quarantine program and are pushing for changes to the system. A leak from hotel quarantine sparked a lockdown in Perth last week with residents required to wear masks Scott Morrison wants to expand the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory with 40,000 Australians trying to come home …

Victoria announces nine COVID vaccine hubs at public hospitals across the state
4 years, 1 month ago

Victoria announces nine COVID vaccine hubs at public hospitals across the state

ABC  

The first Victorians to receive the coronavirus vaccine will be able to do so at nine hubs at public hospitals in Melbourne and regional Victoria, the State Government says. Key points: No date has been set for the first round of priority vaccinations, but it is expected to be finalised this month No date has been set for the first …

Australian hotels say COVID-19 quarantine contracts 'far from a licence to print money'
4 years, 1 month ago

Australian hotels say COVID-19 quarantine contracts 'far from a licence to print money'

ABC  

Hotel quarantine is now extremely costly for returning Australians and millions of dollars of that cash has flowed through to the upended hotel industry — but hotel owners say it is just a drop in the bucket of what has been lost due to COVID-19. Key points: State government tenders reveal hotel quarantine contracts are have been worth $1-7 million …

Queensland COVID-19 quarantine site proposal at Calliope lashed by veteran GP
4 years, 2 months ago

Queensland COVID-19 quarantine site proposal at Calliope lashed by veteran GP

ABC  

A veteran doctor says the nearest hospital to a proposed COVID-19 quarantine site in Queensland will need major upgrades for the plan to be feasible because at the moment it does not have any beds in its intensive care unit. Key points: Workforce accommodation at Calliope, west of Gladstone, has been flagged as a potential quarantine facility Workforce accommodation at …

Experts call on Federal Government to acknowledge possible airborne transmission of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine
4 years, 2 months ago

Experts call on Federal Government to acknowledge possible airborne transmission of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine

ABC  

Failure at a federal level to acknowledge COVID-19 is transmitted through the air has been putting the community at risk, senior scientists, health and safety experts and doctors have told the ABC. Key points: The ICEG will be updating its advice on the airborne nature of COVID-19 Senior atmospheric and aerosol scientists say there is no doubt COVID-19 is transmitted …

As UK COVID variant spreads, Australia urgently needs more purpose-built quarantine stations, experts say
4 years, 2 months ago

As UK COVID variant spreads, Australia urgently needs more purpose-built quarantine stations, experts say

ABC  

With yet another cluster of people in hotel quarantine this week testing positive for COVID-19 — this time triggering a mass evacuation of Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor — epidemiologists are calling on the Government to urgently establish more purpose-built quarantine stations like the Northern Territory's Howard Springs, pointing to features like its well-spaced rooms, fresh air and staffing arrangements as …

Victoria concerned about UK mutant coronavirus strain as experts say it's a 'serious threat'
4 years, 2 months ago

Victoria concerned about UK mutant coronavirus strain as experts say it's a 'serious threat'

ABC  

A leading epidemiologist is calling for Australian border workers to be "immediately and urgently" vaccinated against COVID-19, to help prevent the highly infectious strain from the UK spreading into the community. Key points: Four cases of the UK strain have been detected in hotel quarantine in Victoria Experts say a strong hotel quarantine system is important for preventing its spread …

Australian Open quarantine plan threatened by legal challenge
4 years, 2 months ago

Australian Open quarantine plan threatened by legal challenge

The Independent  

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Victoria to shut border to NSW as coronavirus restrictions introduced for home visits and masks
4 years, 2 months ago

Victoria to shut border to NSW as coronavirus restrictions introduced for home visits and masks

ABC  

Victoria will close its border to New South Wales from 11:59pm on Friday as it works to contain a NSW-linked outbreak in Melbourne that has grown to eight cases. Key points: Victoria has now recorded eight new COVID-19 cases linked to a restaurant where a returned traveller from New South Wales dined on December 21 The number of visitors allowed …

Victoria records first coronavirus cases since relaunching international hotel quarantine program
4 years, 3 months ago

Victoria records first coronavirus cases since relaunching international hotel quarantine program

Daily Mail  

Victoria's 42-day COVID-free streak has come to an end, with five cases of the virus uncovered in the state's revamped hotel quarantine system. There were 571 international arrivals in quarantine hotels on Friday, including 44 with symptoms or complex health needs at the Novotel 'hot hotel' in Melbourne's South Wharf. The hotel quarantine program was kickstarted again on Monday after …

Overseas traveller in Melbourne is suffering Covid symptoms as Western Australia reopens borders
4 years, 3 months ago

Overseas traveller in Melbourne is suffering Covid symptoms as Western Australia reopens borders

Daily Mail  

An overseas traveller who arrived in Melbourne on Monday is suffering symptoms of COVID-19 and could possibly put an end to Victoria's 39 days of no cases. Victoria started to accept international arrivals again from Monday after Premier Daniel Andrews diverted all overseas flights from Melbourne on June 30 when the state was hit by a deadly second wave of …

Coronavirus quarantine capacity for arrivals in Australia to be expanded with new Darwin processing centre
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus quarantine capacity for arrivals in Australia to be expanded with new Darwin processing centre

ABC  

Thousands more Australians stranded overseas will be able to get home sooner under an expansion of quarantine processing in Darwin. Key points: The Howard Springs facility could begin taking people as early as this month The Howard Springs facility could begin taking people as early as this month Commercial and charter flights will fly direct to the RAAF Base in …

Victorian coronavirus hotel quarantine staff became infected in community, not at work, CHO says
4 years, 5 months ago

Victorian coronavirus hotel quarantine staff became infected in community, not at work, CHO says

ABC  

An investigation suggests it's unlikely the Melbourne hotel quarantine workers who recently developed COVID-19 were infected while at work, Victoria's Chief Health Officer says. Key points: The last positive case in hotel quarantine was detected in late August All nine workers likely caught COVID-19 in other settings, Brett Sutton says Two staff members who attended work while infectious were asymptomatic …

Melbourne coronavirus hotel quarantine workers stood down amid COVID-19 infection control concerns
4 years, 5 months ago

Melbourne coronavirus hotel quarantine workers stood down amid COVID-19 infection control concerns

ABC  

Victorian health authorities say they are investigating whether nine hotel quarantine workers contracted coronavirus at work, after earlier insisting it was likely they caught it in the community. Key points: The justice department said on Tuesday the workers likely contracted the virus in the community, not at work The justice department said on Tuesday the workers likely contracted the virus …

Federal Government says hotel coronavirus quarantine boost could get overseas Australians 'home by Christmas'
4 years, 6 months ago

Federal Government says hotel coronavirus quarantine boost could get overseas Australians 'home by Christmas'

ABC  

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says the Federal Government is working "constructively" with states and territories to boost hotel quarantine capacity to allow Australians stranded overseas to get home in time for Christmas. Key points: About 25,000 Australian citizens overseas have registered with the Government their wish to come home But there is a 4,000-person cap on arrivals in the …

What we know about coronavirus in Melbourne, hotel quarantine and the Australian Defence Force
4 years, 7 months ago

What we know about coronavirus in Melbourne, hotel quarantine and the Australian Defence Force

ABC  

The involvement, or lack thereof, of Australian Defence Force personnel in Victoria's Hotel Quarantine program has dominated the politics this week. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds came out contradicting Mr Andrews, saying ADF help was offered multiple times, only to herself be contradicted by Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner, Andrew Crisp, who said it wasn't offered at a meeting in late March …

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