Elite sportspeople and their families are being granted special exemptions to travel into Australia while thousands of citizens remain stranded, sparking claims of unfair treatment for the rich and famous.after fleeing India’s spiralling coronavirus crisisAnd new information from the Department of Home Affairs reveals the Australian Border Force granted travel exemptions to all family members of tennis players competing in the Australian Open who asked for one.
Serena Williams and her family arrive in Adelaide ahead of the Australian Open. Tennis Australia ran its own quarantine system for players and staff.The guidelines on travel exemptions, which state that ABF Commissioner Michael Outram will personally consider matters involving relatives of elite sporting teams, say accompanying family members should generally only be approved if they intend to stay in Australia for at least a year.
The ABF granted eight travel exemptions for the Australian Open and refused none, the department said. It didn’t name the travellers, but they likely included Serena Williams’ husband, Alexis Ohanian, who
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
katinacurtis Remember this at the next election
katinacurtis Any StrandedAussies hoping to return home during the Tokyo Olympics will have Buckley's. Why should hurdlers and synchronized swimmers receive special treatment over ordinary Australians trying to get home and/or vaccinated?
katinacurtis No surprises there....wealthy skiiers are on that list too! Are all those normal? Aussies still stuck overseas last year and due to be home by Christmas according to corruptscottyfrommarketing home yet? I was one stuck in Thailand and am very lucky to get home-:)
katinacurtis Aussies in India their lives matter
katinacurtis Just because they are not included in the cap doesn't make it fair. They still get to jump the queue just because they play sport. They should do away with the cap for everyone else and increase spots in quarantine.
katinacurtis I know plenty of normal people who have come and gone a few times over the last year. Very confusing.
katinacurtis Where there’s a will there’s a way. Australians being denied a fair, reasonably priced, shot at getting home. What price citizenship?