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Brisbane travellers caught up in Tasmanian hotel quarantine saga released early
Travellers from Brisbane have been freed early from a 14-day hotel quarantine stay in Tasmania after enduring days of uncertainty.
Key points:
- Travellers have been locked in Tasmanian hotel quarantine despite Greater Brisbane’s COVID restrictions being eased
- A Brisbane couple placed in hotel quarantine have been reunited with their dog
- Another traveller caught up in the quarantine saga said Tasmania was out of step with other states’ quarantine arrangements
About 10 people had been held since Monday, March 29 after 14-day quarantine was mandated by the Tasmanian government for anyone who had been in Brisbane, even as travellers were crossing the Bass Strait.
Tasmanian authorities had refused to release the Brisbane travellers on Thursday and…
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