A drastic proposal to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will take her plan to national cabinet next week, with authorities to also discuss it with the federal government in coming days. But the proposal is understood to have stumped the Morrison Government because Queensland does not need Commonwealth approval for changes to its quarantine system as long as it meets guidelines established last year. Ms Palaszczuk s plan could only operate through existing international ports - meaning arrivals would need to land somewhere with capacity to process international passengers before they were shuttled to a regional community. Former federal Health Department boss Jane Halton, who led the Morrison Government s review into hotel quarantine, said there had been quite worrying changes to the virus that highlighted that quarantine systems would have to be adaptable.
A drastic proposal to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will take her plan to national cabinet next week, with authorities to also discuss it with the federal government in coming days. But the proposal is understood to have stumped the Morrison Government because Queensland does not need Commonwealth approval for changes to its quarantine system as long as it meets guidelines established last year. Ms Palaszczuk s plan could only operate through existing international ports - meaning arrivals would need to land somewhere with capacity to process international passengers before they were shuttled to a regional community. Former federal Health Department boss Jane Halton, who led the Morrison Government s review into hotel quarantine, said there had been quite worrying changes to the virus that highlighted that quarantine systems would have to be adaptable.