13 Jul 2021

National Party would lean towards charging NZers in NSW for MIQ - Chris Bishop

From Morning Report, 8:16 am on 13 July 2021

The National Party says it is leaning in favour of charging managed isolation fees for stranded New Zealanders returning from Australia.

National's Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop, told Morning Report that people travelled to Australia knowing the risks.

He says New Zealanders at home will have a legitimate expectation that people will be charged for the use of MIQ facilities.

Claims of bots booking MIQ spots

Bishop also said bookings to MIQ were being made electronically.

In a statement, MBIE said botsĀ are not able to book spots in the managed isolation allocation system, due to the Recaptcha technology it has in place.