Queensland Premier defends state's exemptions after woman dies with son stuck in quarantine

Ms Palaszczuk said Mr McCormick's exemption request was still with New South Wales Health.(9News)
Ms Palaszczuk said Mr McCormick's exemption request was still with New South Wales Health.
"Our hearts go out to him, to lose someone so close, it's just awful," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"We all lose relatives, it's not nice."
The premier defended the state's exemption department and said she has asked for additional staff to assist with the "hundreds" of exemption requests.
"These are very tragic situations … there's hundreds of exemptions that people are applying for, and we're trying to process them as quickly as possible," Ms Palaszczuk said.

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