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On February 18, 2021, ABC News televised a segment detailing proposals for a purpose-built quarantine facility in Victoria, outside major cities.
On February 17, 2021, 9 News Australia televised a segment detailing a proposal for a purpose-built quarantine facility in Queensland outside Toowoomba.
On January 21, 2021, ABC News televised a report on the operation of the Howard Springs quarantine centre in the Northern Territory, the federal government's only remote facility.
On January 22, 2021, 7 News televised a report on the shortage of fruit pickers in regional Victoria and the need for quarantine facilities to accommodate overseas workers.
On February 14, 2021, Sky News reported that the federal government had announced it was in negotiations with the Northern Territory to almost triple the capacity of the Howard Springs facility in Darwin.
On August 2, 2020, 60 Minutes televised a segment looking at the quarantine failures in Victoria that lead to the state's second lockdown.
On June 17, 2020, The Telegraph televised a segment detailing New Zealand's plans to use military personnel to supervise quarantine centres.
On December 28, 2020, ABC News ran a report revealing that the Western Australian opposition, the peak doctors' group, and the former Australian of the Year were calling for alternatives to COVID-19 hotel quarantine, especially for people with mental health problems. A regional centre was suggested.
On January 14, 2021, 10 News First televised a report that Queensland was considering using unoccupied mining camps as quarantine facilities.
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On February 17, 2021, In Daily published a report titled 'Spurrier rejects remote quarantine for SA, warning of transmission risk' which details the concerns of South Australia's chief public health officer, Professor Nicola Spurrier, regarding the establishment of a regional quarantine centre in her state.
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On February 16, 2021, The Courier Mail published a report titled 'John Wagner's plan to home 1000 international returnees' which detailed the consideration being given by the Queensland government in conjunction with businessman John Wager to establishing a regional quarantine hub near Toowoomba.
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On February 15, 2921, The New Daily published a report by economist Alan Kohler titled 'What the hell is going on with vaccines and quarantine?' in which Kohler attempted to answer a series of questions, including 'Why have other states not copied what Dr Ian Norton is doing in the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory?'
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On February 14, 2021, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled '"It's a no-brainer": Experts call for quarantine sites to be moved out of cities' which presents arguments for and against shifting Australia's quarantine facilities to regional centres.
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On February 14, 2021, The Age published an article titled 'Experts put poor virus controls in spotlight'. The article gives the view of a member of the Infection Control Expert Group that Victoria's February COVID19 outbreak was the result of poor infection control.
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On February 8. 2021, The Courier published a comment by Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia, titled 'Is it time for quarantine centres to go regional?'. This piece presents several reasons why it would be desirable to establish quarantine centres in regional areas.
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On February 8, 2021, BBC News published a report titled 'Covid: Why Australia's "world-class" quarantine system has seen breaches' which examines some of the factors which have led to leaks from hotel quarantine in Australia.
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On February 2, 2021, Red Flag published a comment by Ben Hillier titled 'Get the quarantine facilities out of the cities' which presented several arguments for locating quarantine facilities remotely.
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On February 1, 2021, ABC News published a report titled 'Gladstone Mayor warns of community angst over COVID quarantine facility as letters go unanswered' which detailed some of the local opposition to a regional quarantine facility being established in Queensland.
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On February 1, 2021, News GP published a report titled 'Latest hotel quarantine leak proves "we're not learning"' which gives the view of a number of public health experts that Australian states are not learning from previous mistakes made in the nation's hotel quarantine system.
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On January 30, 2021, The Daily Telegraph published an article titled 'Resident launches petition opposing Calliope quarantine camp' which detailed local opposition to a regional quarantine centre being established in Queensland.
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On January 21, 2021, ABC News published a report titled 'Scott Morrison's regional Queensland tour overshadowed by talk of COVID quarantine site' in which the Prime Minister was quoted outlining some of the local opposition to the establishment of a regional quarantine centre in Queensland.
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On January 20, 2021, Farm Online National published a report titled 'National quarantine hub calls for Pacific harvest workers' which details the demands of the New South Wales Agriculture Minister and others that a regional quarantine hub be established to allow agricultural workers from the Pacific Islands to be brought to Australia.
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On January 15, 2021, ABC News published a series of comments from experts arguing for or against establishing more remote quarantine facilities like Howard Springs. The article is titled 'As UK COVID variant spreads, Australia urgently needs more purpose-built quarantine stations, experts say'.
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On December 4, 2020, News GP published a report titled 'Is it time for a national approach to hotel quarantine?' which gives the view of several public health experts that a more tightly regulated and centrally controlled quarantine system would reduce infection risks in Australia.
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On November 23, 2020, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled '"Just makes logical sense": Top adviser joins calls to move COVID-19 quarantine out of big cities'. The article presents the views of several disease control experts who want quarantine centres located away from major cities.
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On October 23, 2020, the federal Health Department released the National Review of Hotel Quarantine which includes a series of recommendations as to how the quarantine service could be improved.
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On March 27, 2020, ABC News published a report titled 'Coronavirus threat prompts mining companies to implement new procedures to avoid outbreaks' which details the COVID19 control procedures being put in place in Australia's mining camps.
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On March 24, 2020, 7 News published a report titled 'Australian Army to deploy to help in coronavirus fight' which explained some of the ways in which military personnel were being deployed to assist in combatting COVID19.
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On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organisation' released 'Key considerations for repatriation and quarantine of travellers in relation to the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV', supplying recommendations as to how repatriate citizens and manage quarantine facilities within the countries of returning expatriates.
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