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Sunday, December 03

Funding the Wellcamp quarantine facility just became easier – for the Wagners, anyway

The Queensland Government is making travellers pay up to 22 per cent more for hotel quarantine. That would also deliver a financial boost for the Toowoomba alternative.

More cases in south-east, Palaszczuk ready to shut down hotel quarantine

Investigations have found Queensland’s latest big outbreak came out of quarantine and then spread through two community centres and a Chermside café.

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick said initial estimates suggested the new Boeing facility at Wellcamp would benefit the Queensland economy by $1 billion over the next decade. (Photo: Supplied)

Premier to PM: If not Toowoomba, then where will people quarantine?

As NSW joins the call for federally-funded regional quarantine, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk still has only one place in mind.

Quarantine dream: What Melbourne has that Toowoomba doesn't (apart from COVID-19)

Federal bureaucrats say Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport would need a traffic control tower, fire services, and international passenger processing to be used for direct quarantine. It is unclear who would pay for it.

India’s ‘beyond breathtaking’ virus crisis may mean more Qld lockdowns - Palaszczuk

The “beyond breathtaking” scale of India’s COVID-19 epidemic has prompted calls for Australia to impose new travel restrictions and overhaul quarantine.

Surge in quarantine cases may force national cabinet to put Plan B back on table

Queensland recorded seven new cases of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine overnight, the highest infectious inflow of travellers in months.

Hotel quarantine here to stay, Queensland proposal only for ‘overflow’ says Morrison

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has likened calls for remote quarantine facilities to the expensive immigration detention network established by a previous Coalition government.