Every outbreak can be traced back to a failure in quarantine so maybe it's time to start fining those elected who have mismanaged it. After all they're threatening $22/hr aged care workers with $20,000 fines so maybe those on $400k+ taxpayer funded salaries should be penalised for every miscalculation.

They've had 18 months to build dedicated quarantine facilities instead of using CBD hotels built for tourists. The prime minister has sat back like he's done with every other crisis and allowed power hungry premiers to turn their states into prisons. WA premier said yesterday even if the vaccination target is reached he'll still be aiming for the pipe dream of 0 cases and if he holds firm expect other states to follow suit.

And this political freakshow defies all logic. A week ago a terrible accident resulted in the loss of a 5 month old. The devastated family arranged for two close family members from Sydney to attend her funeral. The Sunshine State CHOdeclined their request for a mandatory 14 day quarantine exemptionbecause Sydney is a hotspot. What are the chances two people in a city of 5.5 million averaging 300 cases a day would be positive?

Tell the world you can be an Australian citizen and shackled to a 5km radius with a curfew. Permits and passes to enter states. If you decide to roll the dice and cross the border when lockdowns are relaxed and one of those locations you visited is declared a hotspot upon your return you'll be treated like a leper.

Couldn't agree more. Royal Commission into the Hotel Quarantine debacle in Victoria just led to politicians saying "I can't remember". There was bugger all accountability from the State Government. Less accountability from a Federal level either.