It is despite some of his Queensland MPs voicing strong opposition to the idea. He also left open the potential for JobKeeper or a similar program to be extended beyond March for certain industries like tourism. But he said domestic tourism would have to do the heavy lifting as he urged Australians to get out and see more of their own country. Prime Minister Scott Morrison feeds a lamb during a visit to Bunginderry Station outside Quilpie. Picture: AAP/Lukas Coch via NCA NewsWire. The Prime Minister was in Quilpie as part of a four-day regional Queensland blitz. Mr Morrison said he had not seen a proposal from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk yet, but looked forward to the discussion.
Facility in rural Queensland town flagged as potential COVID-19 quarantine hub for international travellers
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The village has 1,392 air-conditioned rooms and services the major industrial projects in the region.
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Homeground Villages at Calliope in Central Queensland has been flagged as a possible quarantine facility for returned overseas travellers the same site considered to house NRL players during the pandemic.
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The ABC understands a quarantine possibility is workforce accommodation at Calliope, west of Gladstone
The four-star Homeground Villages has 1,392 air-conditioned rooms with balconies, and facilities include a pool, tennis court and gym
A Central Queensland politician has blasted the premierâs proposal to move returned Queensland travellers to remote mine camps, describing it as an âabsolute insultâ.
Stakeholders including Queensland Health and police will meet with owners of the proposed accommodation Âfacilities this week to discuss how the rollout could work.
No exact locations have been released yet, but many of the stateâs mining camps are in the Central Queensland region.
Burdekin MP Dale Last said he could not even believe Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was serious about using a mining camp as a quarantine facility.
âWhat the premier needs to understand is that many of the mining communities have what is effectively a third world health service,â Mr Last said.