Mining camp quarantine
Queensland is considering the use of remote mining camps to quarantine returning Australians, as it looks to tighten procedures in the wake of emerging new strains of COVID-19. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the state was “looking at all options”, and would take the mining camp proposal to the next meeting of national cabinet on January 22. “With this new strain, we have to put all options on the table and these are sensible, rational options,” she said. “One of those is to look at some of the mining camps we have in Queensland, some of which are four-star and of a very good, quality, high standard. “Most of the ones we’re looking at have balconies, so there’s a lot of…