Opinion
Beware a legal lockout of Australian citizens
Australians should be wary about government using the law to block citizens’ legal right to re-entry, even during a pandemic, argues Mark Brindal
Opinion
Australians should be wary about government using the law to block citizens’ legal right to re-entry, even during a pandemic, argues Mark Brindal
News
A site north of Melbourne has been confirmed as the proposed site for Victoria’s COVID-19 quarantine facility, in a move to end the state’s use of troubled medi-hotels.
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New directions have come into force overnight for South Australia’s medi-hotel workers, formalising nationally mandated daily saliva testing and work requirements for the state’s frontline quarantine workers.
Yet another case of a medi-hotel worker testing positive to COVID-19 is more evidence that overseas arrivals should be quarantined in purpose-built regional locations away from mass population centres, argues Adrian Esterman.
EXCLUSIVE | Health authorities are reviewing the case of an Adelaide patient who tested positive to the new ‘UK strain’ of coronavirus, after she lodged a complaint about her treatment alleging SA Health bungled her quarantine and care arrangements.
South Australia will reopen to residents of Greater Sydney at 12:01 am on Sunday, January 31, a month after an increase in NSW COVID-19 cases prompted SA authorities to shut them out on New Year’s Day.
