#abc730 reveals a new twist in the tale of the #RubyPrincess. A senior @AusBorderForce officer misinterpreted a key document, thinking isolated passengers had been cleared of #COVID19 when in fact they had only been cleared of the common flu. @andrewprobyn #auspol
In its submission to the Special Inquiry, the federal government concedes “pratique” - the formal approval to disembark - was never formally granted. But it was in practice because officers let passengers off the ship. #abc730 #RubyPrincess @AusBorderForce #auspol
"3,000 people got off that ship into the public and just passed it around everywhere. No, we should not have been allowed off," says #RubyPrincess passenger Bill Beerens, who contracted #COVID19 on the ship. #abc730 @AusBorderForce #auspol
The Commonwealth concedes the @AusBorderForce officer misinterpreted the key document from the ship's doctor, which had a request for #COVID19 testing at the top, and a list of negative FLU results below. #abc730 #RubyPrincess #auspol
In an email exchange obtained by #abc730, a senior @AusBorderForce Commander begins questioning the test results one day after the ship docked. #abc730 #RubyPrincess #auspol
"Confusion? How so? It says negative....", the @AusBorderForce Commander wrote. The reply came 13 minutes later: "Negative to the flu!!!!" #abc730 #auspol #RubyPrincess
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