Chinese-owned resort gifted $500k for quarantining no one

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The Victorian Government’s handling of its hotel quarantine program has come under renewed scrutiny.

It has been revealed that the Sands Golf Resort in Torquay was paid $511,500 to house returned travellers under two state government contracts.

However, the resort was not used as a quarantine hotel, and the Chinese-linked company that owned it subsequently went into administration.

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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.