Gladys calls for NSW quarantine facility The New South Wales government would welcome a fit-for-purpose quarantine facility. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi
News by Gerard Cockburn 6th Jun 2021 1:10 PM | Updated: 2:23 PM
NSW has called on the Morrison Government to create a new fit-for-purpose quarantine facility in the state to supplement its hotel quarantine system.
In light of an agreement between the Victorian and federal governments to build a quarantine facility at Avalon, NSW confirmed it would also be open to a similar project.
“NSW would welcome a quarantine facility owned and operated by the commonwealth as a way of increasing quarantine capacity,” a government spokesman said.
Campaigners trying to help tens of thousands of Australians stranded overseas want more to be done to get them home, saying the millions promised in the Federal Budget for repatriation flights isn t enough.
A total of $180m has been earmarked for special government-facilitated flights to help the 34,500 people who have told the government they want to get back.
Travellers usually have to pay for their ticket plus $3000 quarantine.
The SMH reports the budget money will help fund 100 flights for some 17,000 Aussies - about half the number currently registered - to get home from around the world.
It will occur over the next year.
An independent review into Western Australia's hotel quarantine system is underway to determine whether ventilation is adequate, after a security guard tested positive for COVID-19, sparking a five-day lockdown in Perth and parts of regional WA earlier th
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