New law possible to catch MIQ bill evaders

Published: March 11, 2021, 4:15 a.m.

A new law preventing people with overdue MIQ bills leaving the country could be on the cards, as ministers consider ways to get more people paying up. Only about a third of people invoiced so far have paid, leaving about $20 million outstanding. The Prime Minister says it's a privilege to be to be able to go through managed isolation at the border, and those people should be paying their bills. Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.