And the quarantine system which came about as a result of National Cabinet, using hotels for quarantining has worked largely successfully. It has. Mr Speaker, we have indeed placed health as the number one priority as we work through Covid-19. We’ve also made sure we had the economic outcomes.
We’ve put the money into the budget in successive budgets, to build out of a better … into a better place out of Covid-19. So we’ve made sure that we’re strengthening the economy.
At the same time we’re placing at the heart of everything we do the welfare and the health of Australians. And, indeed, the federal government stands ready to take any detailed submissions from state governments to build quarantine facilities.
But there will be criteria around such facilities. They’ll have to be close to an international airport with international routes. They’ll need to be close to a tertiary hospital where there are extremely good medical facilities and medical expert it’s there to help any outbreaks, Mr Speaker.
We are making sure that if it comes to quarantine, we’ve got an MoU with the Victorian government on quarantining. But when you look at the statistics worldwide, the latest figures in the United States – 615,000 deaths, and that is tragic. They have a very good health system in the United States. In the UK, 127,000.
