Originally Posted by
ersa
If you have "another" passport, you can leave
Are you sure about that?
My wife, a permanent resident but not yet holding Australian citizenship, can not leave without applying for and being granted an exemption.
That is, she is not even an Australian citizen and she can not leave.
If she does gain the exemption and is able to leave then she will almost certainly not be able to return.
It's difficult to imagine 500 Melbournians per day gaining that exemption.