National Cabinet will discuss the extra burden on state and territory hotel quarantine systems after the Prime Minister announced the weekly cap of people allowed into Australia would increase by 2,000. Follow live.
The Prime Minister's move will be discussed by state and territory leaders today in National Cabinet, but he has already said they will effectively be forced into accepting the new arrivals into their quarantine systems.
WA's Premier Mark McGowan goes into today's discussions saying he's unhappy with the way the issue was handled by the Prime Minister. Mr McGowan says he first heard about the demand for WA to take in an additional 500 arrivals a week through the media. He says it will put too much pressure on the state's hotel quarantine system which is already at capacity."It's actually the Commonwealth's responsibility, they seem to be ignoring the law."
Mr McGowan says the state can't manage the request without a lot more help from the Federal Government.
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