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Governments are still chasing millions of people who stayed in Australia’s quarantine hotels

In short: State and territory governments are still trying to recover the costs of hotel quarantine nearly four years after the pandemic. Many paid thousands of dollars to stay in appropriate accommodation to wait out the mandated COVID-19 isolation period, but some did not pay their bills. Some governments have accepted they are unlikely to ever see that money again, but others have taken an aggressive approach to recover it. People forced to stay in hotels for weeks at a time to slow the spread of COVID-19 still owe at least $70 million in bills racked up during their stays,… Read More
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Utah women’s basketball changes hotels after ‘hate crimes’ incident – ​​Deseret News

SPOKANE, Washington — The Utah women’s basketball team encountered multiple instances of racially charged hate during its trip to the NCAA Tournament, coach Lynne Roberts said late Monday. Due to the incident, the team changed hotels after spending its first night in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, about 35 minutes from Spokane, Washington, where the Utes played in the first two rounds of the tournament. “We had several instances of some kind of racial hate crimes towards our program,” Roberts said in Monday’s postgame press conference following his team’s loss to Gonzaga in the second round of the tournament. “(It was) incredibly… Read More