Originally Posted by
Global Aviator
This has been suggested many times by many people. In fact the government has been provided many different solutions from many different private enterprises, not dissimilar to the Howard Springs set up. However the government and DFAT say they have it all under control’.
It’s not so much the Feds saying they have it under control, it’s the fact they’ve thrown it to state governments at the current border openings (4/5 major city airports) and the states have take the easiest option for them, bus them to a hotel in the city and hope that a staff member doesn’t spread the big. Hasn’t worked twice now.
Usually governments are shamed into action. The pressure has to be put back on the Federal Government to take responsibility for quarantining international arrivals in secure remote locations. What will it cost? Tens of millions? A few hundred million? Current cost of one hotel quarantine breakout in Victoria - 7 to 9 billion. Willing to have a few more of those over the next year?