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  9.  @Polleej  https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp0809/09rp36 Quarantine power Section 51(ix) of the Constitution provides that the Commonwealth can pass laws for the peace, order and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to quarantine. The quarantine power has primarily been relied upon in the area of public health.[94] Public health ranges from the regulation of disease prevention to the regulation of tobacco and alcohol.[95] The scope of this power remains uncertain.[96] However, the legislative definition of quarantine includes: the examination, exclusion, detention, observation, segregation, isolation, protection, treatment and regulation of vessels, installations, human beings, animals, plants or other goods or things; or the seizure and destruction of animals, plants, or other goods or things; or the destruction of premises comprising buildings or other structures when treatment of these premises is not practicable; and having as their object the prevention or control of the introduction, establishment or spread of diseases or pests that will or could cause significant damage to human beings, animals, plants, other aspects of the environment or economic activities.[97] While it is conceivable that the quarantine power may support particular aspects of the Commonwealth taking over the administration of public hospitals, such as infection control and therapeutic medicines in Scenario 3, it would be necessary to also rely on other heads of power.[98]
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