Stories about Covid-19 hotel quarantine.
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
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.
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