Australia's continuing border closure is costing the equivalent of a hospital every ten days as the Covid vaccine rollout is plagued with delays.
The Labor-aligned McKell Institute think tank calculated $203million a day was being lost as a result of foreigners being banned from entering Australia for a holiday.
Put another way, Sydney's Northern Beaches Hospital was meant to cost $1billion when it was announced in 2013.
When it opened in 2018, New South Wales taxpayers ended up paying $2.1billion for the privately-run health centre.
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Australia's continuing border closure is costing the equivalent of a hospital a week as the Covid vaccine rollout is plagued with delays. The Labor-aligned McKell Institute think tank calculated $203million a day was being lost as a result of foreigners being banned from entering Australia for a holiday. Pictured is Perth airport