The federal government is treating the states like children in its push for them to take more returned travellers, Western Australia's premier says.
The federal government is treating the states like children in its push for them to take more returned travellers, Western Australia's premier says.
A plan to increase the weekly cap on international arrivals by 2000 places has infuriated WA Premier Mark McGowan, who says the media was told about it before he was.Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday went as far as to label the increased intake"a decision, not a proposal"."We are not children for them to boss around," Mr McGowan said.
"I've been in parliament the longest of any of the premiers and the prime minister by a long, long way and I haven't seen the Commonwealth act this way before." The premier has urged the Commonwealth to consider using its defence bases or even detention centres to house returned travellers.Popular tourism spot Rottnest Island could also be used again but WA's government is reluctant to shut it down for that purpose."If they're going to just send people and say you have to deal with them and manage them, we're going to have to look at solutions.More than 27,000 Australians stranded overseas are waiting to return.
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