Australian man dies after contracting COVID-19 in India, authorities confirm

"What we will do is work closely with our team in New Delhi and in our posts in Chennai and Mumbai, focusing on bringing those Australian citizens and residents and families who have been registered with our consular processes within India and most definitely targeting those who have registered as vulnerable."

"We should have had our quarantine system prepared so we could get Australians home," Labor frontbencher Amanda Rishworth said.

PatsKarvelas There was blood on Rudd's hands with the pink batts hope the same is going to happen to Morrison now want hold my breath and before all the scare mongering starts about the death tax we have already got one or r funerals exempt from the GST thanks Howard for the death tax

Les we forgot the approx 1000 who died in Australia and 700 in Victoria due Covid19.

18 months to come home.

Was resident in Australia however not an Australian Man an Indian citizen ABC headline is akin to Murdoch media lies

A permanent resident is not an Australian

della79 Imagine knowing about the pandemic for a whole year and then still not being prepared or simply not caring about Australians abroad.

Is this man an Australian or an Indian? abcnews needs to make up its mind. AlboMP asks what value is Australian citizenship.Seemingly nothing more than a PR Visa. auspol australian GuardianAus SBSNews COVID19Aus COVID19India

People should think twice before going to these countries until they get the virus under control you leave at you own peril

Amazing. The Philippine government has repatriated approximately 390,000 Filipinos as of April 2021! Remember how the Morrison government ignored the elderly in Australia at the beginning of the covid crisis!

Remember when the pink bats death happened and somehow the libs made it about K Rudd. Well guess what.

This is sad to read but did you report on deaths of Australians from covid in any other countries during this pandemic?

What did the family expect the Australian high commission to do ? Send an air ambulance! Indo-ozzies choose to travel back then cry for help a silly choice

He is permanent resident not Australian citizen. He is enjoying benefits of both countries and technically India. They are abusing our system and enjoying.

The current ABC board is inept to ensure that ABC 'news and current affairs' comply with the ABC charter. It is time for a mass movement to fix this undemocratic nonsense.

The way ABC reports anti government sentiments sickens me. People make choices to travel during pandemic for whatever reasons. I won't question their right. But our government CANNOT use the tax payer money to rescue them when it could JEOPARDISE rest of Australia's safety.

the amount of people in these replies saying his death doesn't matter because he was only a 'permanent resident' is sickening. we don't know his reasons for being in india - he could have been caring for family. so he deserves to die because he wasn't a citizen? disgusting

Would like to see that debate between mj_slats and ScottMorrisonMP now that the death of an Australian citizen in India has been confirmed. Morrison bring our Australians home now. No imprisonment for any one. Save the 9000 including the 173 young children.

Morrison’s hands .. blood

Another disgrace from the ABC - defund this nonsense

Anyone who travels out of the country during a pandemic is asking for trouble. Much safer to stay at home.

What citizenship did he hold? Does having a permanent resident visa make a person an Australian? abcnews auspol SBSNews australian GuardianAus COVID19Aus COVID19India COVID19

Have read elsewhere this man was not an Australian citizen he spent a lot of time managing a hotel in India. His wife and daughter are citizens .

Who is the sub responsible for this headline,? Clearly, they need to go back to journalism school. If you want to avoid criticism, lift your game.

'Not-so-permanent Australian resident Indian man dies after contracting COVID-19 in India, authorities confirm'. There you go ABC News, fixed your news headline story for you.

World news again. World shames Australia again.Another big dent to national reputation and long term interest

Wow! true as sunlight.

He is not Australian.Even though he got his permanent residency 10 years ago, but he didn't meet the requirements to be an Australian. that means he even didn't spend more time in Australia than in India last 10 years. That's not federal government's responsibility.

and 910 people have died in Australia... what’s the point here?

The man is a permanent resident, not an Australian citizen. This is poor, factually incorrect agenda driven reporting.

Congratulations Scott

Seems there is at least one case in Lebanon that no one is reporting of a man who was desperately trying to return and could not too.

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