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Sydney news: Calls for better job security after hotel quarantine COVID-19 case, inquiry hears of racism in NSW health system
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Calls for secure work for quarantine hotel guards
Questions have been raised about why NSW hotel quarantine security guards are being employed across multiple venues following the most recent coronavirus case.
A security guard tested positive to COVID-19 on Saturday night, breaking nearly two months without any new locally acquired cases in the state.
The 47-year-old man has been working weekends at several quarantine hotels — including the Sofitel Wentworth and Mantra hotel Haymarket — both in the CBD.
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)NSW Labor’s health spokesperson Ryan Park said it was not good practice.
“Hotel…
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