Mr Simonds, executive director of the ASX-listed Simonds Group, was joined on his 15-day jaunt by his wife, Cheryl, his youngest son Vallence and Hannah Fox, daughter of Linfox executive chairman Peter Fox.
A source with knowledge of the situation said the exemption was obtained using incomplete information. Queensland Health would not comment on the reason for the initial exemption, but sources said it was linked to maintenance work required on the vessel that was scheduled at the Gold Coast City Marina.
Maritime Safety Queensland recently intercepted a yacht sailing from Byron Bay, on the NSW north coast, to Cairns in far north Queensland. "I can't speak to their rules and I can't speak to their enforcement. Our border is open so we don't need to provide people with permission [to leave]."
A 28 yo with an exemption sneaks into WA to join her partner as she can't afford hotel quarantine is jailed for 6 months. A millionaire also with an exemption to get his yacht serviced (?) sneaks into Qld and his four passengers get a fine and 2 weeks hotel quarantine. Stinks.
I guess they had to revoke the exemption to deter more boat people.
Posted on their website... we stand together from QLD... 'At Simonds we stand together with the rest of Victoria and remain committed to stopping the spread of COVID-19,' the message said.
Two weeks for freedom An easy decision to make Victoria is a joke
Tough luck hey. I'm sure they can afford the expense. They will probably be allowed to Stay at Hotel Versace.
Looks like NSW was conned as well !
Ok, that’s good. But why the outrage? They’re allowed to go up there, they own property. If I owned property in QLD best believe I’d be vacating Vic ASAP. Do we just hate millionaires?
Poor bastards!
Golly, how is he ever going to afford that 🙄
They are liars. That's how they do business? Unethical! COVID19Aus
IStandWithMark
Scum don't buy there houses
That's a shame.
A senior Chinese official enlisted the help of a top Republican fundraising official to lobby the Trump administration in 2017 to return a Chinese businessman living in the U.S. who has long been sought by Beijing, according to a court document
...when they really should be in prison
Bet they don’t give a shit? still not in Victoria
Wonder if they will want room service 😂🤣
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