Peter Dutton is forced into home quarantine and will miss Parliament after being caught up in Queensland’s Covid-19 outbreak
- The Defence Minister was told to quarantine after his sons’ school was hit
- He will quarantine at home for two weeks and attend cabinet meetings virtually
- Mr Dutton, who recovered from Covid-19 in March 2020, tested negative
Peter Dutton has been forced into home quarantine in Brisbane and will not attend Parliament for the next two weeks.
The Defence Minister was told to quarantine because his teenage sons attend a Brisbane school which suffered an infectious case.
Brisbane Boys Grammar has asked any pupils who attended between Wednesday and Friday to isolate after a student tested positive.
Mr Dutton, who recovered from Covid-19 in March 2020 and is fully vaccinated, has tested negative for the virus.
Peter Dutton (pictured with his family in 2018) has been forced into home quarantine in Brisbane and will not attend Parliament for the next two weeks
Mr Dutton, 50, will quarantine at home with his family for two weeks and attend cabinet meetings virtually.
Christian Porter will take over as Leader of the House for the next fortnight while Mr Dutton is in quarantine.
Mr Porter held the role until March when he was removed after denying allegations he raped a female debating teammate in 1988.
Queensland’s Covid-19 outbreak has continued to spread with 13 cases of community transmission announced at the state’s Monday morning Covid update.
Deputy Premier Steven Milles said Queensland’s lockdown would be extended until 4pm next Sunday as a result of the new cases.
Brisbane’s agriculture fair Ekka has been cancelled for a second consecutive year.
Seven of the new cases are students from Ironside State School. Another five are related to the school being household members or family contacts.
One case is linked to a confirmed case from the karate club that trains at the school.
‘For us to come out of this at the weekend, we need absolutely everyone in those LGAs to stay at home if they can,’ Mr Miles said of the extended lockdown.
‘It is absolutely critical that people only leave their homes for the four reasons. There’s too many cars on the road in Brisbane at the moment. Too many people out and about.’
Chief health officer Jeannette Young said she still did not know how the virus had been transmitted from two overseas travellers to the family of the schoolgirl from Indooroopilly State High School who tested positive last Friday.
People seen exercising in Brisbane on Monday morning as the state announced its lockdown would be extended until next Sunday, 4pm