Liberal MP Tim Smith says he does not expect to see a dramatic display from the Victorian government – like that given by Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles – upon receiving a bill from NSW for hotel quarantine.
A video was posted to Facebook showing Mr Miles ripping up a $30 million invoice sent to the Queensland government relating to the cost of receiving state residents in NSW’s hotel quarantine program.
Mr Smith told Sky News Victoria was not likely to react in a similar manner “because I think the Victoria government knows full well that NSW has carried the nation’s returned travellers almost entirely on its own”.
“If Victoria owes NSW $30 odd million for processing essentially Victorians in NSW hotel quarantine then Daniel Andrews should pay that bill,” he said.
“And whilst he’s paying that bill he should speak to Gladys Berejiklian and ask her how to manage a proper hotel quarantine system without immediate lockdowns and the virus getting back ou
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Sky News host Peta Credlin says Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles “is a joker” amid his recent “embarrassing” actions.
It comes as the Queensland government has refused to pay New South Wales the cost of hotel quarantine for thousands of returned travellers.
A bill of $30 million had been accrued as a result of quarantining returned Queensland residents in New South Wales.
Mr Miles subsequently uploaded a video to his Facebook page of himself tearing up the bill.
"I think it's embarrassing," Ms Credlin said.
Discussing the issue, fellow Sky News host Chris Smith said the act was "not only embarrassing" but also a "poke in the eye to, not just the New South Wales government, but to everyone in New South Wales, the population, who are prepared to take the risks to take the majority of quarantine cases".
"And there was already a rule in this - the rule was that you will pay back New South Wales for the fact that they did mos