The NSW government has called in debt collectors to chase $16.4 million owed by more than 7000 returning Australians for their stay in mandatory hotel quarantine in Sydney.
“When it comes to paying your invoice for hotel quarantine, the message is a simple one – payment of your fee is not optional,” Mr Tudehope said.Nick Moir Enforcement action was paused last April because of the hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic but Revenue NSW has warned it would resume shortly. Labor health spokesman Ryan Park said people knew about hotel quarantine fees before they travelled to Australia and taxpayers rightly expected reimbursement.“The government needs to explain what it’s going to be doing to make sure that this money gets returned,” Mr Park said. “Just like any debt that is owing, they all have a responsibility to pay that money back and certainly, in this case, I think that’s what the broader community would expect.
More than 25,000 out of 79,000 people invoiced in the six months to January 14 had their fees waived because they had booked to travel before a cut-off date - July 12 for international arrivals and August 5 for people entering NSW from Victoria while the state border was closed.
She did not book to travel before the cut-off date because her travel agent advised her airlines were cancelling flights and issuing credits rather than refunds – a risk she couldn’t afford to take.
niltiac Covid is opportunity & security for media,politicians, experts and aspiring elitists who can smell a scam Once your Covid employment secured,you are going to do all in your power to keep it that way!If a finger snap could stop Covid in it's tracks..could you imagine the outrage😱
niltiac Bikies.
niltiac How much will the debt collection agency be paid? Will it be more than they collect
niltiac Go Team Australia.
MSMWatchdog2013 niltiac $16 million for this criminal government who have taken us to 800 billion in debt (prior to Covid19) is piffle. Let it go.
niltiac Are people in marginal and Liberal seats excluded from debt collection notices? Asking for a friend. GladysB JohnBarilaroMP
niltiac Well done govt. Force people to part with their life savings because of this scamdemic just so you can make some money?!
niltiac LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
niltiac The true masters want their money back
niltiac And who's pockets will the $16.4 mil go in to once they get it? It SHOULD be used to fix the deteriorating roads, public schools & hospitals. Can't have that though then no one would use the new toll raping freeways or send their kids to private schools or use private hospitals
niltiac Ordinary Australians owing money is a problem...overpaying millions to private companies is ok? Robodebt jobkeeper
niltiac How cruel. After many being stranded without work, having to shell out for business class flights, to be stung by the Government to protect their state and country. Everyone in Australia benefits from the program so should shoulder the cost.
niltiac Tell them to go to Perrottett and icare first corrupt nswpol rorts auspol
niltiac New Zealand' govt should have charged those NZ citizens' living abroad & growing some other nations' economy when they came running home knowing our 5 million complied with lockdown rules to keep us safe The thanks we got was tax bill for their comfort
niltiac the government should be paying for it they wanted it
niltiac When they're done, can they please visit GladysB and JohnBarilaroMP to recoup the millions they've rorted from taxpayers?
niltiac I thought the “gold standard” state would’ve requested payment upfront lol
niltiac Gladys should just take the money out of all the corruption and Rorts her Government has been involved in