Queensland Shadow Health Minister Ros_Bates_MP says “there is no justification” for the Queensland government’s refusal to let Sarah Caisip attend her father’s funeral in the state.
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Queensland Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates “there is no justification” for the Queensland government’s refusal to let Sarah Caisip attend her father’s funeral in the state. Queensland resident Sarah Caisip flew home from Canberra, where she took a job a few months ago, to see her dying father. She was unfortunately too late and was placed in hotel quarantine, despite the ACT not having community transmission of COVID-19 for more than two months.
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