BREAKING Queensland and Western Australia have agreed to raise caps on quarantine numbers as part of a national cabinet push to bring more stranded Australians home.
Queensland and Western Australia have agreed to raise caps on quarantine numbers as part of a national cabinet push to bring more stranded Australians home.
Queensland will lift its intake by a further 300 from 4 October, with Western Australia moving to the same position on 11 October. 'Plenty of commercial planes': Scott Morrison rejects calls to charter evacuation flights for stranded Australians The Department of Home Affairs and Trade considers around 4,000 of these people are in a vulnerable position.
Premiers and chief ministers have not yet confirmed how they will boost their hotel quarantine capacity. He said getting to a situation where people returning from New Zealand are able to enter Australia without going into a 14-days of hotel quarantine would"free up" places in the system.It’s understood former senior public servant Jane Halton’s report examining hotel quarantine systems across the country formed a key part of Friday's national cabinet discussions.
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