I wonder where the view that every state was perfect except for Victoria because we stuffed up Hotel quarantine fits into this? the caps on returnees from OS have been lifting for a number of weeks now
Maybe you can set up the dedicated sites if you think it is so easy. Where will they be?
just as an aside if we have quarantine offshore or well outside cities how do we provide medical care for people who test positive?
Never had the view that every state except Victoria was perfect. You seem to be a bit confused as to who has posted what.
In regards Western Australia - Garden Island Naval Base, Pearce Air Force Base or rededicate Rottnest to what it was 6 months ago. Rottnest was set up as a quarantine facility when COVID first hit with about 2 weeks notice.
In regards Victoria - what's wrong with setting up a facility at Point Cook. The RAAF barely use it these days.
Most other states have the same sort of locations relatively close to their capitals
Dongas available all over Australia from vacant mining camps or readily available at approx $30k/ensuite room.
Never suggested offshore quarantine because it obviously would be much more expensive and passengers would have to transit through Australia anyway and as for well outside cities - who suggested that? Facilities need to be within relatively quick ambulance access to hospitals.
As for the lifting caps on O/S travellers/expats - yes they've been lifted - at precisely the same time as COVID has exploded across the rest of the world. The risk of increased numbers and increased risk of infection should have triggered a rethink on methodology - surely?