Operator
Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Brookfield Business Partners First Quarter 2021 Results Conference Call and Webcast. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker s presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session [Operator Instructions] As a reminder today s program is being recorded.
And now I d like to introduce your host for today s program, Alan Fleming, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead sir.
Alan Fleming
Vice President of Investor Relations
Good morning and thank you for joining Brookfield Business Partners 2021 First Quarter Conference Call. Before we begin, I d like to remind you that in responding to questions and talking about our growth initiatives and our financial and operating performance, we may make forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks and future results may differ materially. For further information on known risk factors, I en
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
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Subscriber only As father of three Chris Turton watched The Gloaming on TV he started shouting at the screen somebody help her . Mr Turton found his 17-year-old boy, who had used the same method depicted in the Stan program. Daniel died in Northern Beaches Hospital a week later. It certainly wasn t evident as we started watching the program that suicide was going to be involved and be so, so graphic, Mr Turton, 55, told The Sunday Telegraph. Anybody who has been touched by suicide, either first-hand or otherwise, is very sensitive to those kind of triggers.
by Ben Pike
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Subscriber only As father of three Chris Turton watched The Gloaming on TV he started shouting at the screen somebody help her . Mr Turton found his 17-year-old boy, who had used the same method depicted in the Stan program. Daniel died in Northern Beaches Hospital a week later. It certainly wasn t evident as we started watching the program that suicide was going to be involved and be so, so graphic, Mr Turton, 55, told The Sunday Telegraph. Anybody who has been touched by suicide, either first-hand or otherwise, is very sensitive to those kind of triggers.