Coronavirus, Hotel Quarantine Workers

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:34): My question is to the Premier. How frequently were hotel quarantine staff subject to testing over the past three months?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:34): I don't have that detail but, as I have outlined, there has been no mandatory testing regime in place. What there has been, though, is the mandatory declaration on attending work. I don't know how many people were ultimately tested while they were at work, but I do believe that we have a robust system, and the evidence of that is that it was independently audited. One of the things we have done differently here in South Australia is also to look at people who work across multiple sites, especially in the aged-care sector, and we have been able to limit that.

All of these decisions that we have made have been made on the expert health advice to minimise the risk. We have learned from things that have happened in other jurisdictions around the country and around the world, and we have come back and we have constantly looked to update our procedures. In this instance, we have changed the testing regime at our quarantine hotels. We have now implemented a seven-day mandatory test on top of the other arrangements that were previously in place.