WA’s “shambolic” hotel quarantine system exposed

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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has slammed the Western Australian Government’s handling of hotel quarantine after Greater Perth was thrown into a five day hard lockdown:

The Australian Medical Association (WA) is requesting an urgent meeting with the McGowan Government over quarantine arrangements, after the worst fears of doctors were realised with community spread of COVID-19 in Western Australia.

A five-day lockdown started at 6pm today and will continue until 6pm on Friday, February 5 for Perth, Peel and the South-West after a hotel quarantine security worker tested positive for COVID-19…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.