Lindsay Fox's Avalon Airport in box seat for quarantine contest

May 28, 2021 – 5.55pm
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The Morrison government is set to formally approve a $200 million-plus, purpose built quarantine facility for Melbourne to supplement hotel quarantine, with Lindsay Fox’s Avalon Airport site firming as the frontrunner for a model that could be expanded across the country.
But the federal government is resisting a Queensland proposal for a privately-funded camp in Toowoomba, insisting that any purpose-built state site needs to meet three strict criteria.
Lindsay Fox. 
Alex Ellinghausen
Victoria’s latest outbreak stems from the leak of the virus from a hotel in South Australia. It represents the 17th such leak across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in the past six months, sparking criticism that a federal overhaul of the hotel quarantine system has been too slow.

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