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Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Photo: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 17, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected Wagner Corporation’s proposal to build a quarantine facility for returned international travellers near Wellcamp Airport.<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0media in Brisbane on Monday, Mr Morrison said the Toowoomba proposal was too far away from Brisbane Airport, and too far away from a major hospital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that you can just put these out in the desert somewhere – and I know Toowoomba\u2019s not in the desert – but the point being they need to be close to major capital city airports,” the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe planes aren\u2019t going somewhere else, they\u2019re coming into Brisbane, and that is a very long trek over to Toowoomba.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wagners’ proposal was for returning aircraft to land directly at Wellcamp, which already caters for international cargo flights.<\/p>\n

Returning travellers would be transferred via bus to their quarantine accommodation within minutes.<\/p>\n

The plan was to build a 1300-bed facility, ie.\u00a01000 rooms for repatriated travellers and 300 rooms for staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Morrison said the Federal Government had never received a detailed proposal about Wellcamp.<\/p>\n

In comparison, the Victorian State Government had put forward “a very comprehensive” proposal for their quarantine facility.<\/p>\n

“The details, when you compare what\u2019s been put forward by the Victorian Government, is chalk and cheese,\u201d the Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictoria has put a very comprehensive proposal to us, something we can actually work with, and we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Victorian proposal is to build a joint State \/ Federal-funded, 500-bed facility, north of Melbourne.<\/p>\n

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