New purpose-built quarantine facilities look set to go ahead in three states after Prime Minister Scott Morrison took up plans by Queensland and Western Australia, a significant shift after weeks of pressure from Labor and the states.
Mr Morrison on Friday released a letter to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, rejecting plans for a privately funded quarantine camp in Toowoomba but proposing a facility at Damascus Barracks at Pinkenba, near Brisbane Airport, be used instead.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
