So the Victoria government Mickleham facility is being proposed but no decision until September:
The new quarantine hub would be designed with portable cabins and be able to accommodate 500 passengers at any one time, with the ability to scale up to 3000 beds.
www.theage.com.au
Although I can’t help but think someone is taking the urine with the costings (and taking the taxpayer for ride) ....
Design cost $15m. ... I may be out of touch if you employed professional services firms @$3000/person/day that’s a team of 100 working on the design for a year.
Construction cost $200m. For 500 pax. You can buy a house and land package for $400k in nearby Craigeburn, so you could buy 500 of these for $200m. They include 3BR/2 bathroom and garage. And easily accommodate 500 families not people. I know there are extra costs for infection control but they won’t be 3BR houses with garages either, and the construction cost doesn’t include land ....