Howard Springs quarantine hub will double capacity: Morrison

Harley Dennett
Updated March 5 2021 - 6:01pm, first published 2:00pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and South Australia Premier Steven Marshall during an earlier in-person national cabinet meeting in Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and South Australia Premier Steven Marshall during an earlier in-person national cabinet meeting in Canberra. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The pressure is off the ACT to increase its quarantine intake after the federal government confirmed the quarantine hub at Howard Springs in the Northern Territory would increase capacity.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.