❓ Ms. Davies questions the Premier's quarantine plans, suggesting a political stunt. The Premier denies this, stating he will rent premises and that quarantine hotel occupancy is low due to changing travel arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 70Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — PREMIER — QUARANTINE
70. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Will the Premier be quarantining at a designated
quarantine hotel, taking the place of a returning resident for the sake
of a political stunt?
70. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I
have a supplementary question. Will the Premier be quarantining at a designated
quarantine hotel, taking the place of a returning resident for the sake
of a political stunt?
AnswerView source ↗
The
answer to that is no. I will be renting some sort of premises somewhere in
order to do so, as many people do. Just so members know, our quarantine hotels
have quite low occupancy now, so we do have a large number of spare rooms in our hotel quarantine because, obviously,
our arrangements are rapidly changing. We will soon have relatively free—in fact, almost completely
free—international travel, and the only people required to go into
hotel quarantine will be those returning
Australian travellers from overseas who are unvaccinated. Therefore, the answer
to the member's question is no. I do not quite understand the
point that she is trying to make. I do not understand her point.
Ms M.J. Davies interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Had I done the
opposite—no; let me finish—had I not done quarantine, you would
be in here attacking me for that. By doing quarantine, you are in here
attacking me for that, so I cannot win.
Ms M.J. Davies interjected.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Leader
of the Opposition!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I think the
vast majority of people would understand that no matter what I did, the
Liberals and Nationals would attack me. That is the reality; I accept that that
is the way you operate. But I think that, sometimes, maybe you should pull back
on some of these questions and think before you ask them.
answer to that is no. I will be renting some sort of premises somewhere in
order to do so, as many people do. Just so members know, our quarantine hotels
have quite low occupancy now, so we do have a large number of spare rooms in our hotel quarantine because, obviously,
our arrangements are rapidly changing. We will soon have relatively free—in fact, almost completely
free—international travel, and the only people required to go into
hotel quarantine will be those returning
Australian travellers from overseas who are unvaccinated. Therefore, the answer
to the member's question is no. I do not quite understand the
point that she is trying to make. I do not understand her point.
Ms M.J. Davies interjected.
Mr M. McGOWAN : Had I done the
opposite—no; let me finish—had I not done quarantine, you would
be in here attacking me for that. By doing quarantine, you are in here
attacking me for that, so I cannot win.
Ms M.J. Davies interjected.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER : Leader
of the Opposition!
Mr M. McGOWAN : I think the
vast majority of people would understand that no matter what I did, the
Liberals and Nationals would attack me. That is the reality; I accept that that
is the way you operate. But I think that, sometimes, maybe you should pull back
on some of these questions and think before you ask them.
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