Queensland calls in debt collectors as unpaid COVID-19 hotel quarantine bills grow to $14 million

Travellers now owe the Queensland government $14 million in outstanding hotel quarantine bills, with around half of those invoices — valued at $6.9 million — now in the hands of debt collectors.

Data provided by the state's health department revealed that as of October 28, 2021, 13,295 people had applied for quarantine fee waivers, and of those just 2,575 had been granted one, either in part or in full.

Of the total 46,974 invoices issued for hotel quarantine since the pandemic began, adding up to more than $135 million, 11 per cent are considered significantly overdue.

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