Originally Posted by
aviation_enthus
Just to add...
- 1/3rd of Australians are born overseas.
- in a normal year, up to 1 Million Australians live overseas.
The issues with the border closure has NEVER been about going to Bali or skiing in NZ. Honestly we can all survive for 12-24 months without that.
But what it does affect is the millions of Australians with family on another side of the closed border. This policy has been poorly handled from the start. There are many examples of better quarantine systems (Taiwan, Singapore, NZ to name a few) that still provide protection for the local population.
This policy isn’t sustainable. It’s unreasonable to expect Australians to cop it for 2-3 years.
If you don’t have family overseas or back in Australia, I’m sorry but you just don’t get it. It’s NOT about “going on holiday”....
But holidays are still a part of it. I know several Aussies with dual nationality who live in Europe and chose to come "home" and 2 weeks quarantine in December. They then spent 6-8 weeks in Australia during summer before going back to Europe.