The father of one of the Queensland women accused of lying on their border declaration passes to avoid quarantine has rushed to the defence of his daughter.
Haja Timbo, 21, was released this afternoon after spending 14 days in quarantine at the Rydges Hotel on Brisbane's South Bank.
Timbo tested negative to coronavirus however her travel companions Olivia Muranga, 19, and Diana Lasu, 21, were both hospitalised with the virus.
All three are due to face Brisbane Magistrates Court in September after being charged with fraud and providing false or misleading documents in breach of public health directions.
They've all also been hit with $4000 fines after their trip from Melbourne on July 21.
While Timbo refused to speak to the media outside her Brisbane home, her father briefly spoke to reporters, admitting his daughter "made a mistake".
"She's in a frustrated mood, you can see that," Mr Timbo said.
"She went to Melbourne at her own will. She wasn't there to go and catch corona.
"Let's say she made a mistake ... Is that why the media, and everybody, is intimidating her?
"You are intimidating her ... You are intimidating us. I won't take it.
"I've told you, she's not in the mood. You have to respect her."
When one of the reporters suggested the three women "didn't respect the people of Queensland when they came back here" Mr Timbo hit back.
"That is your judgment. It is wrong but you have to respect our opinion as well. You are saying your opinion, I respect that, you respect our opinion," Mr Timbo said.
Ms Muranga and Ms Lasu remain in Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.
Late last month, Ms Muranga's brother Eddie told A Current Affair his sister had struggled for days with coronavirus after arriving home from Victoria on July 21.
"You need to think about this … think about my sister … she couldn't even breathe, some days she couldn't even breathe out of her airways," he said.
Eddie said his sister and Ms Lasu hadn't spread coronavirus deliberately.
"It's not something that we sat down and thought about yeah, it's a f**king mistake," he said.
"I reckon if someone else did this yeah, that wasn't of colour, you'd be f**king protecting them. You wouldn't be doing all of this s**t."
While Queensland linked an additional three new cases of coronavirus to the trio, the state appears to have avoided a second wave of the virus so far.
A man sparked further fears in Queensland today after he allegedly escaped from his hotel quarantine in Toowoomba. The man turned himself in this afternoon.
He had previously tested negative for COVID-19 however will be tested again to ensure he has not spread the virus.
Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski told reporters an internal police investigation had been launched to understand how the man had escaped.
"We want to know what's happened and if there's anything we can fix, we'll be fixing that immediately," he said.
The man, who was previously charged with other criminal offences and trying to get into Queensland unlawfully, will face court in September.