Mark and his wife Anneli arrived in Sydney from Los Angeles, California on Tuesday morning after receiving clearance from the Department of Home Affairs and NSW Health.
The couple, who have been fully vaccinated, were given a quarantine exemption on compassionate grounds and agreed to pay $15,000 to charter a plane to the Gold Coast, where the elderly man is dying of pancreatic cancer. Mr Anneli said despite making it to Australia just hours before his dad was admitted to hospital, Queensland Health had rejected his quarantine exemption application multiple times.
“All we are hoping is to see my dad Frans before he passes and to say goodbye. Time is of the essence as he is not expected to last much more than a few days,” he
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AnnastaciaMP it's a disgrace if you don't intervene in this matter and show some compassion to allow a fully vaccinated family to seetheir dying dad . It will show what a weak leader you are if you can't even make a decision on a clear cut case like this!
How much more heartless can qldhealthnews & QLd premier Cruelstacia can be, to stop a dying man from being reunited with his family who are FULLY vaccinated & are minimal risk. Show some heart & compassion and allow this last meeting between family to take place.What a disgrace!
Crazy.
More heartless buearacrats and self righteous politicians. Let him in before it's too late, and we name and blame you.
Sickens me
Obviously should have flown through Sri Lanka and then the rules don’t apply
Vaccines are important to reopening Australia Pilashit: vaccines are useless and you must quarantine
OMGTheMess. Am I right in saying some people from LA received exemptions in the past. No questions asked?
This is just cruel ..
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