I agree with this. No one should be forced to return home and often the reasons above prevent it.
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I agree with this. No one should be forced to return home and often the reasons above prevent it.
That "directive" said "for those that WANT to return, they should return now" as travel logistics will become increasingly challenging.
I'm starting to wonder if you ever read what you post or you are just straight up lying.
Watch it Tigerdell, he gets offended when you question his baseless assertions.
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OK so you decided to drift home like one of Farmer Brown’s cows. Fortunate for you that it never got out of control here and they didn’t lock the gates. Thanks for answering.
Not correct 22. WA is including the sheep ship 20 carriers and most others for the last month, few of them were actually West Aussies.
Victoria has community transmissions, this means we should not open the borders to Vic or any other borderless states available to Victorians. If i was a tosser i would say its all Dans fault. It doesnt help me not say it when he acts like a flog towards SA.
McGowan has done the righty by WA, not sure about Danny for Vic and in turn his impact on Australia.
You should have come back when instructed, it was available and promoted.
Perhaps you should stay where you are until its safe to return!
Perhaps you should quarantine before you come back!
His post highlighted the word “WANT”, implying that it was both a conscious choice not to return at that time and an assertion of his individual rights.
All of this sprang from the reasonable question “Why are so many people returning from overseas with the virus?”. I’m not sure it’s been answered yet.
Hope they still pay tax in Australia to cover their ability to get "home" during the biggest pandemic in a hundred years.
Geez some people are entitled.
I know you know already L2.
Australia offers safety to everyone, governmemt handouts to anyone, awesome medical assistance to anyone, an accepting culture to everyone, stable governmemt to everyone, etc.
If the choice was the phillipines, south africa, south america or Australia. We win everytime. Its easy to claim Australia when it suits.
It wasn't my intention to single out or be critical of another poster. I asked a simple question of a representative of the population concerned, but the answer came with a slap.
The Australian government has gone above and beyond to rescue its citizens abroad after they found themselves in trouble as a result of personal choice.
I'm still in Indonesia mate. I've still got a very sick partner here, I'm earning money, and have no plans to return for while although I miss my family terribly. I won't come home and be a burden on the taxpayer - apart from a short period of unemployment in my 20s I never have been.
No worries. This post
gave the impression that you were returning,
Misunderstanding, apologies.
So it wasn't a directive, it was advice. You were wrong.
The Australian government respected the fact that for financial and many other reasons Australians might choose to remain overseas. They rightly warned us that returning later might be difficult. We made our choices and I'm still here at no cost to you or any other tax payer.
I get it L2.
I asked a similar question the other day and got a reply that i kind of expected. Like i said before, i hope the Government is getting a return from some of these people.
We, Australia will do the right thing even when it is not appreciated by some.
Thanks TBR. Admittedly in my other post it wasn't clear whether I'd come home or not - I was writing about people in this situation more generally.
People choose to live and work overseas for many reasons - better opportunities, genuine interest in other cultures, they fall in love and marry, they just want an overseas experience for a few years. It's a sad reality that maybe there will be less of this in the future due to the epidemic. But Australians always have the right to return home and I don't expect a charter flight at the government's expense to do so.
One thing this whole terrible situation has taught me is how much I miss the simple things I had in Melbourne - beautiful parks, riding the pushie to work, rocking up to the G for the game, catching up with mates for coffee, Melbourne autumns as the footy season gets going. Hell even a Melbourne winter sounds good as the weather in the tropics although pleasant gets very monotonous after a few years.
I hope I do make it back when all this *smile* finally dies down, I'll have a new outlook on life for sure.
1. There was no instruction, there was advice around the difficulty of getting commercial flights so people were advised if they want to come back, do it before it gets hard. Who knows, that might change, we might have a second wave and a total ban - unlikely, but possible. If that happens, I live with the consequences of my decisions.
2. I am staying here for now. Will it ever be safe? Who knows. Garuda Indonesia is doing a great job keeping the channels open, they have several flights a week for Australian destinations because there is still essential traffic between the two countries.
3. Quarantining before you come makes no sense as you are then exposed in the airport and on the plane, so quarantining at the Australian end is still essential. Of course I'm happy to do that for the safety of my family and friends in Australia.
You're playing with words. The government said if you want to come back, come back now. It's similar to a travel advisory that essentially says if you travel to the Karakorams, you're a d!ckhead. Obviously they are not going to physically come and get you if you decide to ignore it.
Fortunately for those who lingered they are still allowing them back in dribs and drabs.
It wasn't a directive mate, and you know it. Just as a travel advisory is not a directive.
You can keep saying it is but it ain't.
There are about 1 million australians who live overseas ... don't think they all heeded the directive. Though it would have kept the airlines and hotels in business.
