House debates Questions without Notice
COVID-19: Quarantine
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
2:14 pm
Today, the Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has announced that construction has begun on a fit-for-purpose quarantine facility at Wellcamp Airport in Toowoomba, one that will be up and running before the end of the year. No less a document than the Constitution tells us that quarantine is a Commonwealth responsibility. Isn't the only reason that Queensland has been forced to go it alone because the Prime Minister wouldn't do his job?
