Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Sterle for that question. He couldn't even keep a straight face when he was asking that question, and he's still laughing at the hypocrisy of that question. On 27 March all first ministers agreed to these quarantine hotel arrangements.

Senator Sterle interjecting—

Nobody believes you, Senator Sterle. But in all seriousness, the state government agreed to these arrangements in March. The government has looked very seriously at this issue. Hotels remain the best possible place for quarantine, because people have individual rooms, people have their own facilities and that is where the health support and all of the other wraparound support is located, so it is very clearly the right place to be.