One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has questioned why the prime minister is being so “bloody-minded” about the proposed Toowoomba quarantine facility. The proposed sight just outside of Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport could house 1,000 and would be built on private land by the Wagner family. Prime Minister Scott Morrison earlier shut down the idea saying it just doesn’t stack up and cited lack of detail from Queensland. “This camp has worked in the Northern Territory. It will not cost the taxpayers one cent, yet the prime minister said it’s not going to happen,” Ms Hanson told Sky News. “It could operate, that could give people the satisfaction of knowing that they are going to be safe because hotel quarantine hasn’t always worked.” Ms Hanson also stressed the amount of police officers city hotel quarantine takes up. “Another costly expense to the taxpayer.”

Health Minister Greg Hunt says the Morrison government would strongly support a decision by the National Cabinet to exempt people who are fully vaccinated from state restrictions. Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged the possibility on Sunday of people who had been fully vaccinated having less restrictions imposed upon them by state governments. Mr Hunt said the decision is ultimately a matter for National Cabinet when it deliberates on it, but the potential for those who have been “fully vaccinated” to be exempt from restrictions would have the support of the Morrison government. “There is strong support on the advice I have for those that have been fully vaccinated to have less requirements with less imposition where there has been the need to take action. “I think the PM is absolutely in the direction of that as a nation.”