Mandatory COVID-19 isolation could be scrapped as Australia's leaders prepare for National Cabinet

State and territory leaders will meet with the prime minister on Friday to discuss the possibility of scrapping the five-day requirement of COVID-19 isolation.

would then need to be nutted out, with Mr Albanese saying they would remain available as long as isolation is mandatory.

This involved allocating an extra $760 million to the state hospital system until the end of the year.Defence Minister Richard Marles says the intervention was always meant to be temporary and could be wound back now there are fewer outbreaks after the winter peak."It is now time for Australian Defence Force resources to be directed into other areas of priority," he said.

She said the government has since boosted the workforce's surge capacity, driven up vaccination rates and lifted the supply of anti-viral medications.

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