Originally Posted by
SOPS
Explain this to me. In Jan 2021 it was reported there were about 35000 Australians overseas wanting to come home. Mark McGowan said today that WA alone had processed 45000 people through HQ. Where do all these people keep coming from? Surely we must have almost cleared the backlog by now? Or are they coming and going at will?
There is a difference between the number registered with DFAT as wanting to return and the number actually returning
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp....10-p56mbg.html
You don’t have to be registered to return to Australia, just complete a declaration 72 hours before you get on a plane.
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/a...el-declaration