There has been a push for a quarantine hub to be created in far north Queensland to assist Australians stuck overseas with the chance to return home by Christmas.
The far north Queensland federal MP, Warren Entsch, has declared Cairns would be a perfect spot for a quarantine centre, due to multiple hotels being empty due to travel restrictions.
Entsch says Cairns is equipped with the facilities and experience to cater for such a situation, and would help assist with people arriving from overseas who currently have to do a 2 week hotel quarantine at their own expense.