Charlie's young family among thousands of Australians plotting escape from Delta-hit Indonesia

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Australians who live and work in Indonesia are scrambling to find a way out as the Delta variant turns the nation into the world’s coronavirus epicentre.

"It would be too much for his system to get the Delta variant."

With commercial flights to Australia now almost non-existent, a group of Australian expats recently joined forces to book a charter flight from Bali to Perth.But strict federal government caps on the number of Australians allowed back into the country meant only 25 people could board the Indojet 737, making the flight too costly for most to afford."It got priced out to the point where it's about $US7,000 per person now to get on that plane," Mr Knoles said.

"My biggest fear was just not knowing how my son was, and not being able to see him and care for him and make sure he was okay. But I just didn't have it in me, I couldn't get up."Many Australians in Indonesia have expressed anger that the federal government has so far not stepped in to help them by sending repatriation flights to Indonesia.were rescued on mercy flights as the nation's outbreak spun out of control.

"Japan flew out all its expats. Why does it take so long for Australia to react to any sort of crisis?"

 

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So they were happy to exploit a developing country when it suited them and now they want to abandon it? Pathetic.

I came home on the last flight from Bali before the borders closed last year. All of my friends in bali have been struggling to survive and mostly can only do so because of the charity of their tourist friends. We are lucky to get so much financial support from the govt here

You gambled with your family’s lives. The pandemic has been running it’s course for some 20+ months. You should have made more prudent decisions when you had the chance.

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