CricketAustralia's interimchiefexecutiveNickHockleysaidin a statementthattheyacknowledgedtheamountofworkseeESAhadputin, butthatthesafetyoftheirpeoplewasthenumberonepriority.
MandrakecomplainedthatseeESAhadattemptedtoaccommodateAustralianrequirements, including a privatecharterintotheirownterminalwithdedicatedstaffand a biosecurebustotransporttheteamtoe a biosecureenvironment.