$300k per patient: Queensland auditor general questions decision to build $223m Wellcamp quarantine centre

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she doesn't have a crystal ball', but report points to signs quarantine was about to ease

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A long-awaited report into the $223m Wellcamp quarantine facility has questioned whether its construction was necessary as Queensland and other states moved towards relaxing restrictions.

The 1,000-bed facility near Toowoomba hosted 730 people during the Covid-19 pandemic, amounting to a cost to taxpayers of more than $300,000 per patient.

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