Stories about Covid-19 hotel quarantine.
The state government may have dodged a bullet when criminal charges over the bungled hotel quarantine program were dropped, but if a looming class action succeeds, it may become the biggest in Victorian history.
This week a Victorian politician was axed for “inappropriate behaviour”. It’s the latest in a long list of political scandals ranging from allegations of branch stacking to a hotel quarantine disaster that have played out in recent years. See the list.
Criminal charges against Victoria’s health department over the bungled hotel quarantine program have been dropped with the workplace regulator saying it’s “deeply disappointed” by the decision.
Queensland is still refusing to pay its $105 million hotel quarantine bill it owes NSW from the Covid-19 pandemic- enough money to employ some 200 nurses. Here’s the latest in the stalemate.
Steven Miles ripped up a bill for Queensland’s hotel quarantine costs in a 2021 stunt
Queensland Health is still chasing tens of millions of dollars worth of unpaid hotel quarantine bills. See the state-by-state breakdown of debts owed here.
The Victorian government has warned debts must be paid as it chases up thousands of people who skipped on their bill when they stayed in quarantine hotels.
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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has put the Queensland government on notice over an outstanding $105m hotel quarantine bill for returning passengers during the pandemic.
The Premier defence of her government’s decision to spend $223m on the Wellcamp quarantine facility has been slammed by the Opposition. It comes as a report criticised the state’s failure to consider all other options.
Incoming Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has been urged to review the case of a Gold Coast woman still being pursued for payment after a ‘nightmare’ quarantine experience. This is her story.
A war of words has broken out over the state government’s massive spend on external consultants while the public service faces job cuts.
A public servant who boasted about the success of the botched Hotel Quarantine program — which led to 801 deaths — has scored a plum new gig.
Over a year since Queensland’s borders were reopened, the state government is chasing down an eye-watering amount owed to taxpayers.
Over two years since requesting a face-to-face meeting with the Premier, the family of Brendan Luxton have finally been granted their wish.
Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has again extended her condolences for a childhood friend of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk who suicided after hotel quarantine.
OPINION: Shocking witness claims of a cover-up in the case of Brendan Luxton, who suicided after a hotel quarantine fiasco, must be thoroughly investigated, writes Kylie Lang.
An army officer has accused Queensland Health of pressuring her to give false evidence to a coroner’s investigation into the hotel quarantine suicide of a childhood friend of Annastacia Palaszczuk.
The family of Brendan Luxton, who died after leaving hotel quarantine in Queensland in July 2020, say an inquest into his death revealed ‘shambolic’ processes during his stay.
A hotel quarantine worker claimed they were threatened with a $20k fine for raising concerns about guests – potentially infected with Covid – leaving their room.
The snap lockdown sparked by hotel quarantine escapee Tim Gunn has cost the Tasmanian Government an eye-watering amount in compensation to local businesses.
After years of being caught up in Covid lockdowns and quarantine nightmares, the Asian racing mecca is finally firing again and on the hunt for new riders
The handling of the botched hotel quarantine program by Dan Andrews and his government has come under fire in a scathing TV ad.
Victorian business owners pursuing a class action against the Andrews government over its handling of hotel quarantine have scored a big legal win.
While millions of Victorians endured lockdown, public servants responsible for managing hotel quarantine were drinking and eating cake at a secret party.
Liquidators for Unified Security are preparing to refile the case against the Victorian government, demanding it hand over $10.7m incurred by the company in the state’s hotel quarantine scheme.
Health authorities have confirmed an international traveller who tested positive to Covid-19 in hotel quarantine in Cairns has the Omicron variant.
An international arrival in Melbourne has become the first person in Victoria to test positive for the Omicron variant.
A man who left hotel quarantine – sending southern Tasmania into a snap lockdown – has pleaded guilty to the escape. HIS APOLOGETIC STATEMENT >>
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was among the overseas arrivals who were sent to hotel quarantine after landing in Adelaide.
Privately seething about being forced to fly to Perth on Christmas Day and then face hotel quarantine has one Big Bash team calling out Cricket Australia’s stance as contradictory.
Several new Covid exposure sites have been listed after three new locally acquired cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Queensland overnight, while a likely Omicron case has been confirmed in hotel quarantine.
Queensland is forcing one group of travellers into quarantine as authorities race to confirm whether Omicron has entered the state.
The Prime Minister has denied he misled the nation over the vaccination status of Senator Alex Antic, who has been escorted by police to a medi-hotel for quarantine.
A report has recommended a Royal Commission be launched into the Crime and Corruption Commission after it was found to have operated outside the limits of its powers in charging Logan councillors with fraud.
A woman who allegedly set a fire under the bed of a Cairns quarantine hotel in an “extremely serious” arson offence that placed the lives of 163 guests in danger has been denied bail.
A fifth case of Omicron has been confirmed in NSW, with the woman spending time in the community while infectious.
Champion jockey James McDonald is seeking clarification he will be able to ride in Hong Kong next week and return to Australia without spending two weeks in hotel quarantine
A woman who damaged a Gold Coast hotel door when she broke out of quarantine has faced her punishment in court.
Three Wallabies players were infected while in the Barbarians bubble in London last week, and their chances of returning soon are looking slim.
Queensland’s acting chief health officer has been unable to guarantee the state’s borders will fully reopen as planned due to the emergence of the Omicron super-variant. It comes after three new Covid cases.
Queensland Health has added new Covid-19 exposure sites after the state recorded one new case in hotel quarantine on Saturday.
The father of a premature baby has disputed Queensland Health’s version of events in the latest tragic case to plague the state’s maligned quarantine system.
Nick Kyrgios has opened up on life, home, the toxicity of fame, his quarantine bust-up – and what the Australia star is really sick of about tennis.
The partner of a first time mother has denied claims she chose to return to hotel quarantine just days after giving birth prematurely as the Health Minister reinforced the state’s stance on border restrictions.
A woman who unexpectedly went into labour while in quarantine has been ordered back into isolation without her premature baby son who was born at just 30 weeks. VOTE IN OUR POLL
A mother was forced back into hotel quarantine in Queensland without her newborn baby who had been born prematurely just days earlier.
Queensland has recorded three new Covid cases overnight among unvaccinated travellers from Victoria, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced.
A Queensland man who flouted new home quarantine rules has been hit with a huge fine and ordered into hotel quarantine.
Two weeks after riding in the Golden Eagle, Jim Byrne is back in the saddle at the Sunshine Coast after completing his quarantine stint.
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