The quarantine facility proposed by the Queensland Government for Wellcamp near Toowoomba is effectively dead and buried, with Australia's top health official confirming the Commonwealth was "not actively exploring" any purpose-built infrastructure. And even if the 1000-bed quarantine facility was built at the privately owned Wellcamp Airport, there aren't enough public health workers to run it. But the State Government is refusing to concede, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's office yet to receive any official advice from Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
Professor Brendan Murphy during a press conference after the National Cabinet meeting in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Gary Ramage/NCA NewsWire