3 | Key observations and concerns
3.3
Window opened to maximum extent at Brisbane APOD.
The importance of having access to fresh air has
also been recognised in the context of individuals
required to undertake hotel quarantine during
the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the NSW
Ombudsman received 73 complaints and inquiries
relating to a lack of access to fresh air and exercise
from 30 March 2020 to 31 January 2021,46 while
the Queensland Human Rights Commission found
that people in hotel quarantine had a right to daily
access to fresh air.47 The Definition of Good Practice
developed as part of the National Review of Hotel
Quarantine states that access to open spaces and
fresh air should be enabled.48
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RECOMMENDATION 3:
Individuals detained in hotel APODs
must be able to access fresh air in
any rooms where they are required to
reside.