Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles on Wednesday said his state would not pay the money it owed NSW until Prime Minister Scott Morrison approved its proposed pop-up quarantine hub near Toowoomba.
“Queensland’s quarantine hub issue is with the federal government, while this is a direct debt they owe to the people of NSW and they need to do the decent thing and pay up,” Ms Berejiklian said.Mr Miles said the refusal to pay the $30 million until repatriation flights were allowed to land at Toowoomba’s Wellcamp Airport was about “stepping up where the Commonwealth has failed” by proposing the national quarantine facility in southern Queensland.
“NSW quarantined 7112 arrivals during the above period who provided a residence address in your state,” the invoice reads. “A further 4991 arrivals did not have an Australian address recorded and have been allocated proportionally across states and territories and are included in your cost allocation.”Jono Searle/Getty Images“Scott Morrison is like a school bully telling us we have to give our lunch money to NSW,” he said.
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Sorry GladysB the bill must of accidentally gone through the paper shredder, you know personally how such errors can occur
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Don’t believe anything this $hit house greedy woman says - GladysB is a corrupt lying
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Queensland... infected one day, penniless the next. shortsighted
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 I wonder where that ChrisWybin sook went? 😂 😂
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Returnees pay for HQ, Gladys invoicing other states is asking for payment to a bill already paid, and is borderline criminal......
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 I was wondering exactly that.
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 If GladysB was in a Labor electorate she might get it
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 3 terms of Palasczuk Qld can't pay $30 let alone $30 million
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Feds could cover it by stripping the $30m from Queensland's GST allocation and reassign to NSW
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Queensland doesn’t owe NSW anything GladysB ScottMorrisonMP’s federal government are the ones forcing those entering Australia to quarantine Send them your invoice Controlling Australia’s borders is their responsibility Remember StopTheBoats auspol
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Daryl !!!
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Poor Gladys can't get enough out of Corruption and Rorts now having a whinge about another state not giving her money
AlexSmithSMH LydiaLynch101 Maybe next time NSW take security for the cash advance? Maybe excise the Gold Coast from QLD, make it part of NSW for the rest of covid? The tourism operators could stay open then, and the tax revenue to NSW more than makes up for the $30m. Win win
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