$300k per patient: Queensland auditor general questions decision to build $223m Wellcamp quarantine centre

Queensland’s Wellcamp quarantine centre hosted 730 people during the Covid pandemic, amounting to a cost to taxpayers of more than $300,000 per patient. Photograph: Queensland government

A long-awaited report into the $223m Wellcamp quarantine facility has questioned whether its construction was necessary as Queensland and other states moved towards relaxing restrictions.

The 1,000-bed facility near Toowoomba hosted 730 people during the Covid-19 pandemic, amounting to a cost to taxpayers of more than $300,000 per patient.