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Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 30, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio reacted with “surprise” after last week’s State Government announcement about the Wellcamp quarantine facility.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced Queensland would be going it alone in partnership with the Wagner Corporation to build a quarantine facility near Wellcamp Airport.<\/p>\n

Mayor Antonio said he was surprised he had not been told earlier by the Premier about the decision.<\/p>\n

“But in saying that, a decision has been made by the State Government and they are legislatively able to make that kind of decision,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I guess now, the first thing I would ask is that the State Government visits Toowoomba as soon as they possibly can to give myself and my colleagues and this community an update on where we are.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mayor Antonio say 22 questions about the proposal were sent to the State Government on February 11.<\/p>\n

No answers had been received to these questions.<\/p>\n

Mayor Antonio said he believed the way the whole thing had happened had shown a real lack of respect to himself personally and the Toowoomba community.<\/p>\n

“I hope the State Government is prepared to listen to some of the concerns of Toowoomba,” he said.<\/p>\n

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