The federal government has banned Australians who normally live in other countries from returning home without needing government permission in a move branded as “barbaric.”
The amendment, which cannot be disallowed, “will reduce the pressure on Australia’s quarantine capacity, reduce the risks posed to the Australian population from COVID-19, and assist in returning vulnerable Australians back home,” the government said. Turbitt said the government’s changes were aimed at citizens like him and that it was “barbaric and counterproductive.”“I came back for the passing of my mother, I was locked in a hotel room while she passed away, denied an exemption to see her, and now I am subjected to proving my life overseas, in order to leave again?” the 35-year-old said.
“The [Queensland] Premier goes overseas to the Olympics, the Prime Minister goes to check out his family history in England. if they tried to return home from India during the height of its recent COVID wave. Several Australians who had been trying to get home died in India.
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latikambourke Tony Abbott can come and go!!! How come he sneaked passed the border security
latikambourke But quite OK if you are a foreign singer, actor etc... walk right in
latikambourke Why not let overseas Australians return and do their quarantine picking fruit?
latikambourke Good.
latikambourke Who determines normal?..maybe we can get shot of Abbot and that Hillsong dude
latikambourke They hadn’t needed permission before? We need permission to leave… I’ve looked into it, have to commit to being away for 3 months but in reality with airline cancellations, would be gone for 9 months. How is that humane?
geltchy latikambourke Very disappointing and health excuse
latikambourke Look to what the government does to the less fortunate. Those on welfare, refugees etc. Realise that they’d do it to you if they thought they could get away with it. This is one example
latikambourke For a country supposedly on a 4 step plan to open up this is a big step backwards. We are truly a Hermit kingdom
latikambourke Such a negative bunch. More wrongs wont make it right?
latikambourke Are Caitlyn Jenner, Natalie Portman Aussie citizens with special needs to enter Australia? May be they were fighting adversity back in the US - like LGBT intolerance, black intolerance, etc. and that’s why they got special permission to enter Aus.
latikambourke The LNP must be voted into obscurity at the next election. People have died waiting to come hone. Shame on you.
latikambourke It's for your own safety 🤮
latikambourke Truly is barbaric and un-Australian. Aussies abroad are still Aussies. They also still vote and won’t forget the poor treatment.
latikambourke The government will be horrified when they find out these citizens are able to vote, and even more horrified to realise these citizens have family and friends in Australia who are outraged at this, and are also able to vote.
latikambourke Murdoch can come and go as he pleases ... and he's a Yank.
latikambourke A lot of my friends living overseas are horrified at what Australia has become. We are no longer a joke. We are a concern. And functioning democracies are watching.
latikambourke My username checks out
latikambourke And just how does blocking Aussies from returning to their homes/jobs overseas affect the safety of onshore Australians They don’t leave covid behind as a farewell present. This is nonsensical!
latikambourke Australian citizens in name only😎
latikambourke Looks like happy clapping hillsong 'church' pastors are free to come and go.
latikambourke How does one apply for an exemption? Donate to the LNP?
latikambourke I am not sure who is driving Australia's agenda on many political fronts but it is not a path we should be heading down...
latikambourke Outrageaous - it was already so shameful, now it’s just absolutely outrageaous
latikambourke You mean unless they are celebrities or Hillsongers.
latikambourke so, it takes around a dozen sentences to find the ‘barbaric’ reference … great journalism, right there. what’s the Givt to do … keep ‘importing’ a virus that’s already shut down the country?
latikambourke Dictator Hunt should be ousted from his office. I hope NATO forces occupy this country to restore democracy and end the exit visa scheme. Or at least the Governor General can act on behalf of the Queen to dissolve this government for jailing citizens within this island.
latikambourke Liberal/National Coalition 76 Australian Labor Party 69 When you vote the results count on where Australia ends up, before the next time you vote.
latikambourke Interestingly, McGowan hasn't been called barbaric for refusing people to return to their WAHones.
latikambourke Latina, was that a news piece reporting on a matter of interest, or a personal biased bleat. No one has been prevented from departing and most likely will not be, if they are truthful.
latikambourke This is insane. So I can’t come to Australia to visit my family and then come back to the USA (where I live). Absolutely ridiculous
latikambourke 'I had to come back for a funeral so I thought I would kill a bunch of innocent people while I was back here'. Stay away.
latikambourke Is this a deflection piece away from scomos relationship with that Hillsong bloke?
latikambourke The key operative word here is 'normally live in other countries'. I know a few people who obtained Aussie citizenship for convenicence/protection, and then went to live in their home country on their original foreign passports, planning to 'return' to Australia on retirement.
latikambourke That is insane. Really really insane and terrifying.
latikambourke So I am no longer welcome back in my own country... Awesome
latikambourke Like many, I'm sure, those of us overseas are so sick of being treated like shit, I doubt many of us will return for long anyway. Sick parents being the only reason. Disgraceful treatment of citizens.
latikambourke How good is zeroCOVID!
latikambourke That is a breach of international law. If we don’t abide by international law, we cannot expect other nations to do so.
latikambourke Australia Dictatorship
latikambourke Australia yet again trampling on its international treaty obligations. Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which Australia is a signatory, states: (4) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country.
latikambourke Morrison Inc couldn't run a chook raffle. This is just another example of their hopeless incompetency. Don't forget any of this at election time ex-pats
latikambourke About time. I have heard of the story of an expat returning after spending 26 years in the USA. Only because we have a better health system, and a better handling of the virus.
latikambourke ScottMorrisonMP GregHuntMP Melbchief Your time will come
latikambourke More people come and go from North Korea than from this reclusive outpost
latikambourke Citizenship is a falling stock
latikambourke Yeah, because leaving the country takes pressure off quarantine how exactly? Australia has been nothing but dissapointing through this whole fiasco.
latikambourke NewWorldOrder