Emily Kaine Updated May 14, 2026 — 12:19pm , first published May 14, 2026 — 6:45am Key Posts Butler provides update on hantavirus By Health Minister Mark Butler will hold a press conference from Parliament House in Canberra and is expected to provide an update on the hantavirus outbreak. Follow along with our livestream. Latest Posts 12.19pm Butler: Critical care staff deployed to quarantine centre By Brittany Busch Health Minister Mark Butler said the six people exposed to hantavirus would quarantine at the 500-bed Centre for National Resilience in Bullsbrook, Perth for three weeks. He said critical care staff had been deployed from Darwin to the centre ready to receive the passengers tomorrow. The Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience has sat dormant since being finished in 2022. It will be used to house passengers who were on board the virus-hit cruise ship. 9News Perth “These are expert staff, well experienced in infectious disease emergencies,” Butler told reporters in Canberra.…