Hotel quarantine staff partied during lockdown
While millions of Victorians endured lockdown, public servants responsible for managing hotel quarantine were drinking and eating cake at a secret party.
Hotel quarantine
Stories about Covid-19 hotel quarantine.
‘Cheaper to buy each one a mansion’: $40m to quarantine 12 people
Queensland taxpayers have shelled out $40 million to keep the state’s hotel quarantine system running while it was used to house just 12 people – and a purpose-built facility sat empty.
$60m of unpaid hotel quarantine bills in NSW
There is almost $60 million in unpaid hotel quarantine bills in NSW. See what power NSW Revenue has to make people pay.
15k in limbo as quarantine nightmare drags on
Queenslanders who spent time in hotel quarantine during the pandemic are still being burdened by the billing process due to lengthy delays.
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Anna backflips after huge backlash
Dozens of flight passengers who faced spending Christmas in isolation will now be released from hotel quarantine in Queensland.
Anna backflips after huge backlash
Dozens of flight passengers who faced spending Christmas in isolation will now be released from hotel quarantine in Queensland.
Mask mandate ‘likely’ when Covid spreads, Coast hits 80% vax rate
Four new cases have been recorded in Queensland overnight, including one international traveller with the Omicron variant.
Ten cases confirmed as CHO reveals how we’ll deal with surge
Queensland has recorded 10 new Covid cases – only one of which is locally acquired – on the first day of the state’s new normal after the borders opened fully for the first time in 141 days. It comes as people are urged to get their booster shots after five months, not six.
State forcing Omicron contacts into hotels
One Australian state has made the controversial decision to send all close contacts of the new Omicron variant to hotel quarantine, regardless of their vax status.
Legal case looming for contentious quarantine bill
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.
Omicron confirmed in Cairns’ international Covid case
Health authorities have confirmed an international traveller who tested positive to Covid-19 in hotel quarantine in Cairns has the Omicron variant.
Victoria confirms first Omicron case
An international arrival in Melbourne has become the first person in Victoria to test positive for the Omicron variant.
‘I can understand the anger’: Tim Gunn on his quarantine escape
A man who left hotel quarantine – sending southern Tasmania into a snap lockdown – has pleaded guilty to the escape. HIS APOLOGETIC STATEMENT >>
Former PM caught in Omicron drama
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was among the overseas arrivals who were sent to hotel quarantine after landing in Adelaide.
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