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Liberal Senator ajamesbragg says the states and territories need to 'share the burden' of hotel quarantine for returned travellers.

Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg says the states and territories need to "share the burden" of hotel quarantine for returned travellers. Mr Bragg said hotel quarantine in NSW was at a bit of a “choke point” with approximately 350 people held in mandatory isolation each day. “One of the most successful components of our strategy to beat the coronavirus has been closing international borders,” the Senator acknowledged.

“We do need to see the states providing more capacity on hotel quarantine so we can have higher entrance into Australia”. His comments responded to a push to open international borders and allow Australians to travel overseas at their own risk with hotel quarantine upon return. In contrast, Labor MP Anika Wells said, “we’ve always got to balance … public health and safety with the best of the medical advice and the best industry advice.

 

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