Originally Posted by
PAL62V
I'm an Aust citizen, but not a resident any longer. Does this have a bearing?
None at all. Nowadays 100's of Aussies who been non resident for years have been returning.
As above suggest you apply for permit to leave. My
Travel Restriction Exemption to leave AU was granted on the same day as application (~2 weeks before the flight)
Personally know 1 person, not normally resident in AU, who was refused at check in a 15~30 second conversation between airline check-in agent and Australian Border Force. He then applied on-line and was able to leave a week later.
Originally Posted by
lokijuh
I suspect this year it’s going to be late November or early December - not late December. Typically expats try to reach home in time to spend Christmas back in Australia with family. This year that means reaching Australia by 10 December at the latest. I expect many will give up on this year though.
A number of these Aussies will not know the extent of the problem getting into AU. But as above (post 4) airlines are not selling many tickets before 18 Dec. The one way NZ--AU travel bubble may free up an extra 325 per week (from a ScoMo comment). But that would not include non NZ pax on Air NZ international USA and other services.
Many posts in this thread off topic being on general AU Covid-19 travel polices. All info in AU Gov web site
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/
OP stated was AU passport holder; that's all the information needed for this thread.