Queensland Health is attempting to recover millions of dollars of unpaid hotel quarantine fees, putting pressure on those who have overdue payments.
Only 44% of invoices have been paid for leaving $52 million dollars left outstanding. 18% of the invoices are considered ‘overdue’, and 9.7% listed as significantly overdue.
"Queenslanders rightly expect travellers will pay for their hotel quarantine stays and not leave taxpayers to foot the bill," a spokesperson from Queensland Health has said. .
A new bill is being considered that will require travellers to pay the Hotel Quarantine fees upfront before they arrive in Queensland.