House debates
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Questions without Notice
COVID-19: Quarantine
2:30 pm
Mark Butler (Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives) Share this | Hansard source
BUTLER (—) (): My question is to the Prime Minister. In her national review of quarantine published this month, the Prime Minister's handpicked quarantine adviser, Jane Halton, told him:
Some quarantine settings, such as quarantine in a purpose-built facility, are better able to mitigate transmission risks, especially for high-risk travellers and in respect of variants of concern.
She said, further:
The Centre for National Resilience at Howard Springs was not purpose-built for quarantine …
Why has the Prime Minister failed to establish a single purpose-built quarantine facility?
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