Why are Australians so accepting of hotel quarantine? A long history of confining threats to the state

By Amy Nethery and Umut Ozguc
April 6 2021 - 7:00am
Photo: Shutterstock
Photo: Shutterstock

It's been a year since Australia introduced its policy of mandatory hotel quarantine for returning travellers. In the past year, some 211,000 travellers have been confined for two weeks in hotel rooms, in conditions many have found difficult to endure.

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