Australia’s Sunshine State has given away a $220 million (US$146 million) taxpayer-funded quarantine facility after it housed just 730 travellers over a 14-month period.
The cost equates to around $300,000 per person.
The Queensland Labor government will return control of the facility to the Wagner Corporation upon expiration of the lease, who will then run it as a private hotel.
“This is the worst decision ever made by a state government on behalf of taxpayers,” Deputy Opposition Leader Jarrod Bleijie told the Courier-Mail.
“The premier has never apologised for it and she should because Queenslanders will be paying the price for this waste for a long time to come.”…