Four international flights carrying 300 passengers destined for Melbourne's troubled hotel quarantine will be diverted away from Victoria on Wednesday as the state tries to stem its coronavirus outbreak
Four international flights carrying 300 passengers destined for Melbourne's troubled hotel quarantine will be diverted away from Victoria on Wednesday as the state tries to stem its coronavirus outbreak.
The government on Tuesday moved to beef up security at the hotels, advertising for parole and prison officers, sheriffs and other authorised officers not already deployed within the Department of Justice and Community Safety to fill hundreds of new quarantine jobs.The government has also moved to harden the rules for those in the hotels, cancelling all outside walks except for those who can show they have mental health issues.
Melbourne Airport had four international passenger flight arrivals scheduled for Wednesday, two Air New Zealand flights from Auckland, one Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi, and a Qatar flight from Doha. The flights were scheduled to carry 300 disembarking passengers, an airport spokesman said. The airport could not yet say where these flights were being diverted to.
The statement also said that, on June 13, a security contractor employed by the state government to work at the hotel had tested positive for coronavirus. The new officers will not replace private security guards at hotels, but will supplement those roles. The hourly base rate for the new government jobs is $54, plus extra for after-hours work – more than double what one security guard previously employed by a government contractors said he was paid.
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