The Sydney-based family of a dying father in Queensland say they have been overwhelmed with the fundraising support they have received to cover the cost of a quarantine bill, after they were granted permission to cross the border.
Meanwhile, Mr Morrison has donated $1000 to a fundraising drive so a Sydney family can pay for mandatory COVID-19 quarantine in order to visit their dying father in Queensland.
The 39-year-old has terminal brain cancer and was facing the heartbreak of deciding which of his kids he would farewell but Queensland Health officials relented and let them all come after public pressure. Mark's father, Bruce Langborne, said on Friday health authorities had been in touch overnight and offered supervised visits if they spent two weeks in hotel quarantine.Mr Langborne said the children would not be allowed to touch their father.
About 400 AFL officials and US superstar Tom Hanks are among those given leeway to choose where to serve their fortnight of quarantine while ordinary punters have been restricted to government-mandated hotels.But Ms Palasczcuk says she has no sway over the border scheme and the final call rests with Queensland's chief health officer.One is a contact of an Ipswich Hospital health worker, the other linked to an outbreak at a corrections training facility south of Brisbane.
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