NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has branded the Queensland Government's refusal to pay its hotel quarantine bill to his state as "extraordinarily ridiculous" and "selfish".He said other states were committed to paying their billsHe says last year, treasurers around the country agreed to cover the hotel quarantine bills that their citizens had racked up while staying interstate after returning from overseas.
The state had issued an invoice to Queensland for $30 million, but yesterday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her government would not pay up. "Yesterday's decision that they wouldn't pay the bill to the taxpayers who have covered returning Queensland costs is completely unacceptable," Mr Perrottet said.NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet encouraged NSW people to holiday in states other than Queensland.
Having witnessed what goes on, behind scenes in Qld. Nsw would be well advised, in not taking any part, in that state govts revenue stream. SaveGBReef it be like taking money, from EndofUniverse stake holders. couriermail 3AW693 theage smh HometoBilo 3kndradio GetUp
But she wants the PM to keep job keeper for a tourism she killed. Worst Premier ever. AnnastaciaMP
Sorry NSW but....
. I wish Anastasia was NSW Premier instead of corrupt Gladys. Annastasia is so much more gracious. I'm sick of Gladys embarrassing NSW each week. Gladys is the Donald Trump of Australia blaming everyone else as a distraction. .
. QLD has paid the health bill for NSW residents for 100 years. NSW Liberals under-resource the NSW north coast but always have something to announce when they need votes. Just look at Northern Rivers... Gladys govt lets it languish as residents there and north rely on QLD. .
Maybe if Gladys hadn’t spent all the tax payers money on pork barreling to get voted in, and on over inflated dishonest land deals she could pay her her own bills. She wastes tax paying families money and then pulls. Stunt like this... what a joke!
She’s doing a fantastic job for Queensland. The other side is just playing their usual dirty politics game. I saw Glady B. Comment on this, pfff a women that shreds evidence and pork barreled.
Maybe because QLD hospitals are for QUEENSLANDERS NSW Hotel Quarantine should be New South Wales return travellers only.
She's such a bogan it's embarrassing.
It's Morrison's Bill to pay, when is anyone going to hold this rapist protecting liar account?
Interesting of Gladys to claim $30 million from Qld for hotel quarantine, what would be the cost of letting 1000’s of cruise ship passengers, many infected with COVID loose in Australia? Good one Glad🥴
She doesn't have $30 let alone $30,000,000
What happened to the people staying in quarantined getting billed. I thought it was at their own expense?
GladysB is such a stupid person. Every knows that quarantine is the responsibility of the federal government. 🙄
Gladys might want to check if Daryl is emotionally available for her next time, before she unloads in the press.
2/3 of Australia’s of HQ capacity is being supplied by NSW. Yes, other states should contribute.
It shows just how bad the QLD economies in and with the awful political behaviour from QLD government towards nsw I say simply refuse to accept citizens of Qld into nsw or at least as soon as they land they are on a plane to Brisbane.
Qld can always send the medical bill for all the people who live on the border on the Nsw who use the Queensland hospitals 🏥. Send that to the corrupt koalakiller
The people that needed quarantine should fit the bill, not any of the government
What? The states are fighting between themselves for quarantine bills when quarantine is a federal fucking responsibility! Can this shit get any worse?
The golden words - why should I? Because our existence is tied to how helpful we are. If we don't exist for each other, shortly, we won't exist at all. Have these politicians ever studied science! Ours is a saphrophytic community. When you lose community, the culture dies.
Palaszczuk’s childish is actually becoming more and more disgraceful each day
Entirely appropriate for her to reject this political stunt from the NSW govt, which has gone out of its way to antagonise basically every other state & territory in the country during the pandemic.
Yeah sure she's the selfish one
Another misleading headline by this spineless ABC mob.
It's reasons like this that 80% of each states GST take should be returned directly to that state, with the remaining 20% sitting in a federally-controlled pool for use in major projects and significant but unexpected expenses (such as natural disasters or pandemics).
Shouldn't Gladys owner Scum Morrison & the federal government cough up seeing as though it's their responsibility for quarantine?🤔
Soo can I say that I refuse to pay until they fix the rural roads
Quarantine is Cwlth matter. Why you want to saddle state governments with additional debt burdens? Wouldn't their debt burdens be better used paying for infrastructure? The Cwlth issues currency, 30 mil is nothing to them. Otherwise return taxation to the states
Show me the signed contract which states the agreement between the parties to pay said amount.....
Im starting to suspect that GladysB has shredded the constitution.
I Wish I could just tear up my government bills and tell the government im not paying...
International traveller returns should be the responsibility of the Feds. They allow them in!
Poor, poor GladysB she’s sooo hard done by. Send every states ‘bill‘ to ScottMorrisonMP Gladys. After all, quarantine’s a Federal responsibility. Well done AnnastaciaMP & StevenJMiles 😁.
If Berejiklian hadn’t paid $33 million of our money for a piece of land worth $3 million, she’d have the money to pay for it herself.
Maybe the NSW treasurer can redirect the $30m invoice to the Feds..After all “we’re all in this together”and Quarantine is a Fed responsibility..Did Qld have a signed agreement with NSW.. if yes.. sue them, you’ll collect the $ ., if not it’s NSW playing politics! auspol
Qld does its bit, how many NSW people are clogging up our hospitals because your Hospitals are a mess 😕
They have been running up the credit card while royalties have been declining, it's been happening for decades. Bligh sold off assets until her party lost, took the bolt 6 days into her last term when her paramilitary pension got bumped to 180k/year leaving us with another bill.
oh please NSW charging ppl for starters!! lmao
NSW are fine with pork barreling and have nooooooo problem not giving funds to be who need it. So screw NSW Treasurer :) friendlyjordies
How to pay for an Olympic bid...
I’d love to know the rationale of why Anastasia thinks the people of NSW should pay for quarantining Queensland residents. I imagine if it was the other way around they wouldn’t be happy to pay the costs of NSW residents.
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