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Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt wants English media personality Katie Hopkins sent back to the UK if it is found to be true that she deliberately flouted infection controls while in hotel quarantine in Sydney.
Mr Hunt said the actions as outlined in media reports were “dangerous, irresponsible and apparently deliberate” when questioned about her behaviour at a press conference on Sunday afternoon.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt.Credit:Getty
Ms Hopkins told her Instagram followers on Saturday, in now removed posts, that she had been trying to taunt guards at the hotel by answering the door undressed and without a mask.
“In my view if the facts are borne out of deliberately exposing someone to potential contact… then the strongest action should be taken,” Mr Hunt said.
Ms Hopkins is believed to be in quarantine to take part in Channel Seven’s upcoming Big Brother, alongside American celebrity Caitlyn Jenner.
“Instead of Big Brother watching Katie Hopkins, Katie Hopkins should be watching big brother from a long, long way away,” Mr Hunt said.
He said questions about the sponsorship of celebrities to come to Australia for television shows should be “posed to the media organisation involved”.
“I’ll leave that to the media organisation that sought the exemption,” he said, when asked whether celebrities should be allowed entry to the country when thousands of Australians are stuck abroad.
The celebrities’ arrival was given an exemption by NSW Health and are in addition to the existing caps on returning Australians.