Hospital Pass: how Scott Morrison foisted quarantine responsibility on the states

Experts warned us that pandemics would increase in frequency and severity due to the growth in the global population and international travel, the incursion of human settlements into wildlife habitat, the live animal trade and modern livestock management practices.

A review after the 2009 H1N1 pandemic recommended the clarification of the roles and responsibilities of all governments for the management of people in quarantine, both at home and in other accommodation, during a pandemic, but that was not done.

So while there were plenty of pointers to the likelihood of a pandemic occurring and its potentially devastating consequences, Australia was poorly prepared for Covid-19.

Despite the federal government having complete responsibility…