9 Sep 2021

High performance athletes careers destroyed by lack of MIQ

From First Up, 5:44 am on 9 September 2021

With so many rooms in managed isolation facilities currently being occupied by people with Covid-19 or their close contacts, the government has stopped taking new bookings ... and it's unclear when they will resume. Some high-performance athletes say their livelihoods are being destroyed as they're forced to either withdraw from overseas events or face an uncertain amount of time abroad, away from family and friends. And as Ella Stewart reports it's making it incredibly difficult - if not impossible - for many of our top athletes to do their jobs.