News Update 2021-02-08

Table of Contents 1. 2021-02-06: Andrews government plan for prisoners to pick fruit shot down by farmers 2. 2021-02-06: Australia records no new local Covid cases as Victoria makes hotel quarantine changes | Health | The Guardian 3. 2021-02-06: Coronavirus Australia: NSW to test returned travellers after hotel quarantine 4. 2021-02-06: Coronavirus Victoria: State government …

The evolution of international arrival Hotel Quarantine caps

There have been some problems with logging in to this wordpress blog, and I get locked out of this site from time to time. The lack of support to free tiers from wordpress.com does not make the situation any better. As it gets harder to regain access, I will post updates on the github repo …

News Update 2021-02-06

Table of Contents 1. 2021-02-03: ‘We have 24 buildings available to help with student coronavirus quarantine’, says accommodation industry 2. 2021-02-04: Airconditioning not behind Grand Chancellor cluster: Qld Health Minister 3. 2021-02-04: Australia's borders could open sooner if coronavirus vaccines prevent transmission, Scott Morrison and Brendan Murphy say - ABC News 4. 2021-02-04: Coronavirus Qld: …

News Update 2021-02-04

Table of Contents 1. 2021-02-02: Government criticised for letting Rita Ora into Australia ahead of 40,000 stranded overseas | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian 2. 2021-02-02: Is Scott Morrison the luckiest prime minister of all time? | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian 3. 2021-02-02: No masks on guards, …

News Update 2021-02-02

Table of Contents 1. 2021-01-31: Much of Western Australia goes into five-day lockdown after hotel guard tests positive to UK Covid variant | Health | The Guardian 2. 2021-01-31: New Zealand travellers to return to Australia after Acting Chief Medical Officer lifts travel bubble suspension - ABC News 3. 2021-01-31: Qantas to fly home Australians …

A Tale of Twenty Repatriation Flights

On January 7th 2021, a Queensland quarantine hotel cleaner was confirmed to have contracted the UK strain of coronavirus, and so the Greater Brisbane went into a three-day lockdown 1. On the next day, the National Cabinet declared that international arrival caps of QLD, NSW and WA will be halved from January 15th 2. This …

News Update 2021-01-31

Table of Contents 1. 2021-01-28: Australian Open tennis players leave quarantine as those remaining express frustration | Australian Open | The Guardian 2. 2021-01-28: The parent trap undone: government allows visas to be granted to applicants within Australia | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian 3. 2021-01-29: Double blow: new data breach hits stranded …

News Update 2021-01-29

  Table of Contents 1. 2021-01-27: Australia to make decision tomorrow on resuming NZ coronavirus travel bubble as two more Kiwis test positive - ABC News 2. 2021-01-27: Covid: Would-be travellers must prove journey is essential - Patel - BBC News 3. 2021-01-27: Serena Williams praises 'super intense' Australian Open coronavirus quarantine rules - ABC …

About Lucky Country Syndrome

This blog is being renamed from Stranded Aussies Blog to Lucky Country Syndrome. There are multiple reasons for this change: This blog is about stranded Aussies, not by a collective of strand Aussies. "Stranded Aussies Blog" sounds like the latter.This blog is not to be confused with https://strandedaussies.com or https://strandedaussies.org. Changing the name makes the …

News Update 2021-01-27

Table of Contents 1. 2021-01-25: George Brandis flies home from UK for holiday while thousands of Australians remain stuck overseas | George Brandis | The Guardian 2. 2021-01-25: Scott Morrison defends George Brandis’s Queensland holiday 3. 2021-01-26: Australia has suspended the New Zealand travel bubble. What's happening? And why did it take just one case …