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International travellers may be sent to quarantine in Queensland’s regional mining camps after hotel quarantine COVID-19 cluster
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced mining camps could be used to house overseas arrivals, as the state tries to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious UK strain of COVID-19.
Key points:
- The ABC understands a quarantine possibility is workforce accommodation at Calliope, west of Gladstone
- The four-star Homeground Villages has 1,392 air-conditioned rooms with balconies, and facilities include a pool, tennis court and gym
- National Cabinet last week agreed to cut the cap on Queensland’s overseas arrivals from 1,400 each week down to 500
Ms Palaszczuk likened the proposal to the system operating in the NT’s Howard Springs facility and said she would raise the matter with the Federal Government when National Cabinet meets next on…
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