Its a lucky dip of which contact tracer you get on the phone and they ask different questions and interpret things differently, Mr Barilaro, who is quarantining in his Sydney apartment, said.
Mr Barilaro said he had a two to three minute conversation with Mr Marshall and other staff members in his office on Tuesday and was at a Nationals fundraising event with him that evening but had no interaction.
NSW Deputy Leader John Barilaro has questioned the contact tracing system that has kept him in isolation, but not some colleagues. Credit:James Brickwood
Mr Dominello, who was initially classed as a close contact of Mr Marshall, had his status reassessed on the weekend and was allowed to leave his period of isolation on Saturday after he was deemed a casual contact.
While several would not speak on the record, Mr Barilaro said he felt compelled to speak publicly because there was widespread anger from Nationals and Liberal MPs.
Victor has come out and said he had an interaction with Adam Marshall in his office and he also had an interaction with Adam in question time, Mr Barilaro said.
But for some reason his interaction, which he has admitted to, has been interpreted differently and I think this honestly shows it is a lucky dip…it depends which contact tracer you get on the end of the phone.
Earlier in the day, Mr Dominello said he was reclassified as a casual contact of Mr Marshalls on Saturday afternoon.
Minister Marshall came into my office at about 3.30pm [last Tuesday], he was there for about two minutes, he spoke to one of my staff members, he was about three metres away from me at a point where he was not that infectious, Mr Dominello said.
Dr Chant said health authorities had not dealt with such a complex workplace site as Parliament House.
Theres exposures in the chamber, at functions, exposure in rooms, exposures in lifts, exposures in stairwells…it is a complex place where a lot of people are moving about, Dr Chant said.
Dr Chant said a risk framework was developed and issues taken into consideration included face-to-face contact, distance from the contact…and whether it was front-facing. CCTV was also reviewed.
There is going to be people that fall on either side of the line, and we have to draw the line somewhere and I urge everyone to comply with the allocation they have had, Dr Chant said.
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