Australia Travel Advice

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 Unless she is a citizen and has been granted an exemption she is highly unlikely to be going to Australia this year. 

 My in laws are citizens in paramatta NSW and are not allowed to leave the country. Nor are we allowed in despite hubby being a citizen as we don't meet the strict requirements for an exemption, funerals and the likes or returning to live there. 

 According to Australian news outlets it'll be next year before they can leave to come visit us or we can go there. 

Westin

I don’t disagree TELLIT01 but never the less a reason given to me from a family member currently in WA and working in front line healthcare. She has been double vaccinated now but reported slow take up from those who qualify for the inoculation.  Perhaps not too dissimilar to the issue we reportedly had in the U.K. until recently among some ethnic groups.

twopenny

I was listening to an Aussie doctor last night frustrated by the lack of uptake.

Seems that because people haven't been affected by the virus and are living mostly normal lives - then a lot of disinformation being circulated as it does which is making people apathetic to the situation.

So the problem is two fold.

Why not suggest to your mum that she does some planning, watching the situation, looking at which airline she preferes to travel with and which has a refund agreement.

Looking into Travel Insurance also. Read the small print very carefully. It should be taken out at the time of booking. If she books now she will not get good insurance or be paying a huge price for it. If she waits until things are more certain Travel Insurance may have sorted itself out once it can evaluate real risk.

Westin

Twopenny - That seems to fit what I was told by my family member.  

Ganga

TELLIT01 said:

Westin said:

YBR said:

Agree with PPs - I wouldn't be hopeful for April 2022.
The Australia Vaccine roll-out is not going well and their borders are likely to remain closed for some time. It's hard for their own nationals to get in at the moment, let alone leisure travel.

In fairness I hear the slow take up is two fold. First that the Australian Government donated their early vaccination allocation in a large part to other countries in need. Second that the take up has been slow among Australian citizens some in part to resistance and feeling that Australia has largely been untouched and therefore a feeling of no immediate need to get a jab.  

That is a totally idiotic way of looking at things.  The reason infections are low is that they have effectively locked the borders.  That can remain forever.  The way to protect to population is to get them inoculated.  Without that protection, as soon as borders reopen it could be mayhem.

What you mean is let the Indian Variant in like the UK did by not closing the borders  ( airports ) quicker.