Border Force blames NSW Health after more than 100 cruise passengers test positive for COVID-19

The NSW chief health officer says most Ruby Princess cruise ship passengers who have since come down with COVID-19 did not show symptoms until after disembarkation.

Operator Princess Cruises last week said everyone who'd developed symptoms had been in isolation on board. "The cases we are reporting now occurred and were exposed on the ship - there's no action NSW Health could've undertaken to prevent those people acquiring the disease.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Of course

This is unbelievable. No one should be entering our country by sea or air unless they mandatory quarantine. Not self isolation because that’s clearly not working! NSWHealth fail

Instead of shafting blame like juveniles, find these people fast and sort this mess out! Lives depend on it! You’re all to blame when you all held your hands up and said “not me!” Disgusting.

Rubbish. They are the ones who decide which refugees can come to Aus for medical treatment- not the states!

Disgrace

Immigration minister overruled NSW health! Border force failed! And they still aren’t testing temperatures at airport!!

So the Border & Force in Border Force aren't to be taken literally then?

Looks like tag going on here.

Border Force are the ones that should be carrying the blame, not NSW Health. Health is only to blame for not enforcing strict quarantine on the passengers. It's BF's job to prevent ships like this from docking without the quarantine in place. Typical passing the buck.

Who are they blaming for allowing plane passengers into Australia to fly, bus and cab it home - only to discover they were infected with the corona virus? Federal authorities have not established point of entry quarantine or testing for everyone entering Australia.

Nobody takes responsibility for anything in this country

ABF did not check disembarking passports. ABF fail not NSW. Sack both incompetent organisations.

Dear God if it was a refugee boat they would have shot it out of the water.

we were gonna call them - but all our phones were broken, lost or had flat batteries

How typical? None of them taking responsibility for their actions. The facts are that if the Federal government wanted everyone aboard that ship tested they would have been. That would have happened no matter what the ship's captain wanted or the state government.

Guys, I know this sucks big time, but please, there is NO time for acovid19 distracting blame-game. All hands on deck needed for pandemic planning. Deal with it later. covid19australia

And the Border Police seem so tough on that TV show!🤣

New Zealand being pro active and moving to a LV 4 lockdown. Their cases are a fraction of NSW’s alone. covid19australia

Wait. They ARE the Border Force! Do they not have any jurisdiction? Why the feck didn’t they put their foot down and tell them there would be repercussions for disembarking?! GladysB this is on you and the lack of unity to work with Aus Border security!!

Tourist boat, and not refugee boats, coming to haunt Oz!! karma ?

Despite the fact that it was he corrupt federal governments own minister who bullied the state into letting them out.

Our officials have no common sense to let passengers go free before testing.

It wasn’t rocket science ppl... a blind donkey on crack would have known not to let it in, all I’m hearing is both sides (ABF & NSWH) are admitting they are inept at handling this

This Government we've been lumped with? TRULY FECKIN USELESS. Abandoned again This time for 5 months I guess the Bushfires were just a trial run They've perfected 'doing a ScoMo' now (fecking off during a crisis for a holiday) auspol Scomovirus Never forget the MorrisonFires

Stop the blame game, as a country we need to all over this like a rash, there should be no disembarkation until those that get off are totally cleared.

Who should be responsible for this mistake.

So very comforting to know that our gung ho border force goons - really are GOONS

Businesses are shutting, people are losing their jobs but let’s let cruise ships disembark.

And rightly so it would appear. That was the most honest straight down the line speech this year!!

How about the claim that Passports were not checked?

Typical LNP never take responsibility.... for your actions lay blame elsewhere..... COWARDS LNPfail

Yep.. Precious tourism dollars more important than Australian lives.. Seriously... Who voted for these asshats

Is PrincessCruises accepting any culpability in this debacle? The outbreak occurred on their watch

And there we have it Dutton blames others for not doing the work his department exists to do auspol

Who cares. Too late now and lots to do.

I keep reading 'they did not show symtoms' etc. Are you living under a rock? Any international/cruise related arrival should have been quarantined immediately. You all failed, and the people who have come back and not elected self isolation habe failed. Pull ya heads in

How do we remove the NSW health minister from office? Are multiple manslaughter charges enough?

What about the responsibility of individuals? Not to use public transport as they were on a ship with COVID19 patients! Yes Government departments could have handled better by testing and isolation of passengers! problem is Government does not have enough testing kits! Why?

Lots of finger pointing going on here.

The blame game is on. What happened - WHOS TO BLAME !

This would not appear to be in the spirit of newly minted state-federal cooperation.

popcoin3 BorderForce has handed over its responsibilities to NewSouthWales, or it tells whoppers... covid19australia

NSW Health had the responsibility for bio security, not Border Force.

Dutton is ultimately responsible

What a waste of time this blame game is. So mature.

So either 'Border Force' are incompetent and let infected people into the country, or 'Border Force' are incompetent and can't stop other government organisations from letting infected people into the country. Great excuse.

It was NSW health's fault.

What a joke all round

Just ridiculous. For so long the ‘Liberal’ govt has been trying to ‘stop the boats’. Now when the pandemic is escalating they will just take the ship’s master at their word when they say no one is ill (no self interest from the ship’s master right 🙄) and let the boats in. FFS.

NSW blames ABF.. 'Australian Border Force officials had erroneously advised NSW Health that the ship was low-risk on arrival.'

Premier should step down or entire NSW gov. Should be sacked. She neither run transport project properly nor bushfire crisis nor Virus prevention and allowed Crush Ships to dock. Sure she received finical benefits from Crush ship, Sack her

They HAVE the legal authority, then, to investigate and charge the NSW officials who released the passengers. No pushing blame, time for action.

Whether it’s border force or Health it some form of government that stuffed up. So sack someone don’t sweep it under the carpet. I don’t care Hazard or Dutton

“Border Force has blamed NSW Health for letting passengers off the Ruby Princess cruise ship.” I’m just wondering if any relatives/friends of NSW Health officers present was a passenger of the Ruby Princess who wanted to leave the ship so decision was compromised as “low risk”.

I can’t believe Australia is such a country where bureaucrats are everywhere and ppl could do nothing about that. This is Australia, did you say this is a democratic country? I must misunderstand the meaning of democracy.

Rule 1 of liberal hand book: never accept blame

Passing the buck/virus!

Border Farce, morelike.

Why because they only chase small boats

Read his lips.

Muppet show again

The force isn't strong with the border force.

They did not blame the government. They just told the truce.

Where have all the adults gone?

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