http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ebola-australian-government-relents-will-send-civilian-volunteers-to-treat-victims-20141104-11grgy.html

"The Abbott government is set to announce that it will assist several hundred Australian expert volunteers to travel to one of the Ebola hotspots of Africa to help control the epidemic.

The government has struck an agreement to manage a British field hospital in Sierra Leone, according to diplomatic sources. An official announcement is expected on Wednesday."

"The government agreed to contribute to the international effort to halt the epidemic at source only after making evacuation plans for any Australian volunteer who might become infected.

Britain has agreed to treat Australian volunteers as if they were their own, officials said.

Any infected Australian worker would be evacuated to Britain for treatment. There is also provision for access to treatment in Germany under a British arrangement.

Australia's operation is to be chiefly a civilian one, operating under British military aegis.

The Abbott government plan will allow hundreds of medical, logistics and security volunteers from Australia to staff and manage the field hospital under a private contractor at any one time.

The volunteers would be rotated back to Australia and replaced regularly."