With managed isolation set to be scaled back over the coming months, staff who've been running the facilities for the past two years fear their wages could be about to drop too.
There are currently 33 MIQ facilities operating across the country - the government has yet to confirm how many will be needed under the new border settings.
Workers in the converted hotels have been paid the living wage for their efforts - and now want guarantees that their pay is here to stay.
Katie Todd reports.
