State seizes money from 5,000 accounts for overdue hotel quarantine debts

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State seizes money from 5,000 accounts for overdue hotel quarantine debts


State seizes money from 5,000 accounts for overdue hotel quarantine debts

 The NSW government is pursuing nearly $40 million in fees for the program which ended on April 30, 2022.

Staff inside the Stamford Hotel, Melbourne, Australia on June 25, 2020. (Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

By Monica O’Shea

Australians taken to quarantine hotels during COVID-19 now face state-backed garnishing orders for overdue payments.

Revenue New South Wales (NSW) has issued orders to take money from 5,190 bank accounts of residents with hotel quarantine debts.

A mandatory 14-day COVID-19 quarantine was implemented for Australians arriving from overseas in 2020.

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(Source: theepochtimes.com; October 10, 2023; https://tinyurl.com/yofty967)