Foreigners prioritised over 100,000 Aussies stranded overseas

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As the federal government opens Australia up to the return of international students and migrant workers, there are reportedly up to 100,000 Australian citizens and permanent residents stranded offshore and unable to return home due to limited (and expensive) flights and a weekly cap on returned travellers:

Huge numbers of Australians are unable to come home because of the scarcity of flights, rapidly rising ticket prices, the cost of quarantine in Australia and the cap on international arrivals imposed by the Federal Government.

Only 4,000 people are allowed into the country every week…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.