'Is this the best you can do?' Furious Tracy Grimshaw unleashes on 'heartless' Annastacia Palaszczuk for refusing to let a seriously ill man quarantine at home - and the premier is STILL dodging important questions

Tracy Grimshaw has unleashed on Annastacia Palaszczuk in a scathing letter begging her to let a seriously ill man quarantine at home in Queensland.

Gary Ralph, 71, had radical brain surgery in Sydney last week and arrived back in Brisbane with his wife Wendy Child on Tuesday with the hopes to isolate in the comfort of their own home.

But the couple have been forced into hotel quarantine in Brisbane despite, there having been no community transmission of coronavirus cases in Sydney for 11 days when he returned.

In an article directed to the Queensland premier, Grimshaw questioned why the couple couldn't return to their home after suffering such a traumatic ordeal.

The A Current Affair host said to make matters worse, Ms Palaszczuk had refused to come onto the program and answer any of her questions.

A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw has unleashed on the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk begging her to let a seriously ill man quarantine at home

'We've asked you to talk to us this week about Gary and Wendy, but you're ducking our questions,' Grimshaw wrote.

'This is what I would ask you: premier, how would allowing Gary and Wendy to quarantine at home, pose any threat to Queenslanders' safety?'

The Premier on Thursday said Mr Ralph could instead quarantine in a hospital. 

'If Gary and his wife are more comfortable in a hospital then he should have that. I want him to have the best care, the best care,' Ms Palaszczuk said.

'I think with the circumstances he's gone through; he would have to talk to health, but I think the most appropriate thing here would be to go to hospital.' 

QLD premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Thursday said Mr Ralph could instead quarantine in a hospital

But Grimshaw argued the couple simply needed to be at home, pointing out those who test positive to COVID-19 are allowed to isolate at home and they had returned negative results.

She questioned if Ms Palaszczuk believed the couple were going to 'throw sneaky parties, or go to the pub'.  

'Can you imagine what they are going through premier? Or are you too focused on the opinion polls? Is this the best you can do?' Grimshaw added.

Brain cancer patient Gary Ralph (pictured, right with wife Wendy Child, left) was denied a quarantine exemption in Queensland after receiving life-saving surgery in Sydney

While still batting his illness, Mr Ralph is unable to talk, can't eat solid foods and is at risk of seizures.

Grimshaw apologised to the couple and said she was unable to ask the premier herself because she had repeatedly refused to come onto the show. 

Ms Child, speaking earlier to the 9News slammed Queensland's border exemptions for athletes and movie stars, such as Tom Hanks, who have been permitted to avoid the mandatory hotel quarantine.  

'It is life and death, it's not a joke, it's not a person wanting to play football in another state, which apparently that's okay,' she said.

'Apparently there are exemptions available but not for us. Apparently we don't qualify, we haven't been told why we don't qualify yet.' 

Mr Ralph's brain tumour was so aggressive that doctors in Brisbane initially told the couple it was inoperable.

Renowned surgeon Dr Charlie Teo agreed to operate on Mr Ralph in Sydney but made a shocking discovery.

The surgery uncovered multiple tumours on Mr Ralph's brain and required a radical procedure that took away his ability to speak.

Mr Ralph (pictured, stitches from his operation) will be forced to travel to his chemotherapy appointments from hotel quarantine despite not coming into contact with coronavirus

Mr Ralph can no longer form words or hold a pen and communicates by writing letters on his wife's hand.

Dr Teo wrote a letter of support for the couple to enter Queensland and said Mr Ralph's need for home quarantine was 'imperative'. 

He explained they 'absolutely cannot sit in a hotel room for two weeks' and Mr Ralph's prognosis would be better the earlier he started chemotherapy.

Queensland Health will allow Mr Ralph to leave the hotel to attend his chemotherapy appointments but he must travel by taxi or Uber, in the back seat with the windows down, and must wear a mask while doing so.

Ms Child called on the Queensland government to 'show compassion' and treat the couple 'like decent human beings'.

'We want to be back in our own home, where we don't have the added stress of everything the government is putting in our way, just to fight for my husband's life.'

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has slammed the border closure yet again, warning that if it is not resolved soon, it 'could go on for years'.

Queensland is refusing to reopen to NSW or Victoria until the states record 28 days without unknown community transmission. 

The health minister called the closure 'cruel'.

'It's not evidence-based ... she wants to look tough for Queensland residents,' he told the Today Show. 

'If she keeps this up and we don't have a vaccine ... this could go on for years. This is a silly game you shouldn't be playing. She's playing with people's lives.'

He said he understood the need to be cautious but believed the reason for the closure was not evidence-based. 

'What I'm saying to Premier Palaszczuk is: please, please, please think about this ... Look at what we need in the long-term and make it work for all of us.'