Mr Kerlin said the quarantine facility could be built in four to six months if the government, contractors and builders worked together, as happened early last year during the conversion of the old Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in East Melbourne into a coronavirus-specific hospital, which AECOM worked on.
Mr Andrews said on Wednesday the funding model for Victoria’s new quarantine site was still to be decided and could involve taxpayer money, the private sector, and payments by returning Australians.“There are a lot of different options.
Hotel quarantine resumed after a board of inquiry, commissioned by Mr Andrews, in December made a series of findingsMr Clark said any timelines and costs depended on variables including infrastructure such as water and electricity plus the availability of local building materials.
Four months?! For a few dongas? Fifty bucks says that the Wagners do it in Toowoomba in a quarter of that time
Peanuts the federal government should just release the money as you know it's just a couple of clicks on the bloody computer and the money is there that's all it is There is no raking up debt here that is all horseshit
Also the commonwealth games village, how did that go for on time and budget?
More money in billionaires pockets thanks to divisive most progressive leftist government in vic history his words, They don't seem to fit, on one hand trumpism on the other leftist socialism, but jesssup just plows on
Why Victoria and not Canberra?
The sooner the better!!!
Won’t happen in this militant Union state. More like 1.7 Billion and 12 months.
Australian unions. Slowing down progress since...always! It takes 4 months and many millions to build a few sheds with aircon in the sticks 🤦♂️🤦♂️
A year too late.
WTF for?! There’s a vaccine!! Lol who’s running this place, muppets?
Roll out the vaccine! And start with quarantine workers. This thing is going to be ready in 4 month ( 7-8 lets be honest), by then many nations and most of Australia will be vaccinated already. The virus will become endemic and we will all need a vaccine passport to travel.
Needs to happen.
Vaccine will be rolled out to 75% of the population by then, herd immunity achieved no need to waste taz payer money it will be like the 1 billion desal plant useless now.
Give them $340 million, who gives a shit?! This five day lockdown reportedly cost us billions. Media can’t have it both ways: either Covid is costly or it isn’t.
If it’s being built in Victoria, triple the estimate to get the likely cost.
Sounds like a bargain.
Is there some way we could bypass Vicgov justsayin
Chinese would do it in a week 🧐
Why build it here when there’s one tin NT just send the Victorians there for 14 days
Wouldn't Lindsay just love those millions from his mate Dan.
Let the Feds fund it. They'll take the credit for it anyway.
Certainly didn’t cost that much when they built one in Kinglake, Marysville and Flowerdale after Black Saturday.
Give me as much room as possible, 2 weeks and $2 million. I will provide lobster, pizza, beer, internet, A/C, TV, hot showers to the arrivals and garantee no more leaks.
$170m is cheaper than shutting down a state for 5 days - But the Howard Springs facility isn’t full - never has been, so why can’t we do a “deal” with NT and utilise what’s already there and working ?
But within a few short months the majority of the population will be vaccinated and largely immune to serious illness from Covid. At that point the borders will of course open so what’s the point of a new quarantine facility?
Try 3 billion and 18 months. 240 RDO’s a year and workers on $350 an hour
So it would be done if they’d stared in October.
So...let’s get started now.
If china can build hospital in weeks pre fab off site. Pretend we are at WAR & survival is dependent on working
How much did the 100 day sit down in Victoria cost the economy?
2 years and a billion $ with John Setka's boys on the job. Then there's the PFAS....
I just don’t think the Federal Government should be giving *any* money to Victoria for HQ. Direct funds to other states who have already proven they can effectively manage HQ. Extra funds will enable them to expand their offering to manage more returns. Vic shouldn’t be doing HQ.
It is a Federal responsibility. Scotty / Dutton should do their jobs
surely with the medical, science, entrepreneur and advanced manufacturing expertise in Geelong there is an amazing opportunity to bring the best minds together to codesign and build relocatable fit for purpose building pods (& use/ sell that concept) - aerosol scientists included
It's a bargain when you consider the Federal Government is spending $225 billion on submarines that will be outdated on delivery. Quarantine is a Federal constitutional responsibility. Feds removed all Australian's facilities and the states have to rebuild.
Isolated Quarantine facilities,Holding Camps has a Leper Colony feel about it ,Even something more sinister. The vaccines will be rolling out shortly most will be vaccinated in a matter of months. Stay with Hotel Quarantine it is what is expected of a Civilised Society
Money well spent,
That’s where the boys from China can come in handy. It took them about five days to knock up a Quarantine hospital in Wuhan. Not sure if anyone made it out but still , you can’t knock the endeavour
Won’t have the country be vaccinated by then?
So ScottMorrisonMP could have built 3 of them since the pandemic started. Instead he was busy providing taxpayer handouts to companies that didn’t need it who currently refuse to pay it back. notaleaderjustaliberal
What’s wrong with Puckapunyal?
Lol with DanielAndrewsMP in charge 3 years and 4 billion.
Dan should send the bill to Morrison, who as we all know is responsible for quarantine under the Constitution.
All that could be avoided if PM Morrison kept his promise to bring back all Australians by Christmas. Promises, promises, blame others for his failure
And then we can do the same for the homeless?
Yeah if it's a Melbourne builder you can double that and add 12 months.
China built not one, but two fcking hospitals in 10 days for less than a quarter of that amount. ScamWatch
Why not Point nepean quarantine already built and had 40 million in upgrades just 5 years ago and it's state owned land
Build it in Canberra.
What about using Christmas Island and Naru? As Australian flora and fauna, we don't want any foreign diseases on our Fatherland!
If Victoria’s unions are involved make that 1 year and 4 months to complete
1 billion over budget and finished 2023
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