A Victorian fly-in, fly-out worker who flouted quarantine rules to fly to a Pilbara mine site hours after landing in Western Australia has been fined $5000 in court.
Fabian Michael D’Costa, a 49-year-old contractor for iron ore miner BHP, landed at Perth Airport from Victoria on July 3.
The man failed to self-isolate after landing in WA from Victoria in early July.Credit:Jacky Ghossein
Police said D’Costa was issued with a self-quarantine direction upon arrival as per border rules, which required him to isolate in suitable accommodation for 14 days.
But instead, the Geelong resident flew directly to a BHP mine site in the Pilbara where he started work without self-isolating.
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