Queensland Wants Commonwealth to Take ‘Greater Responsibility’ for Quarantine

Queensland Wants Commonwealth to Take ‘Greater Responsibility’ for Quarantine
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia on June 16, 2020. Jono Searle/Getty Images
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to take more responsibility of the country’s international quarantine program to keep out the new highly infectious variants of the CCP virus.

While the Commonwealth is responsible for quarantining international arrivals, states and territories make their own rules due to Australia’s federated political system.

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