percysmith

It depends who holds the quotas. In Aus it's the airlines auctioning the quota. In HK it's the authorised hotels.

david_oz

any recent data points on australian citizens being granted permission to leave the country, and specifically what constitutes a compelling reason for trips over 3 months?? I'm working under the assumption that "sitting out the rest of the pandemic with my son in the US" will not be considered a compelling reason for my parents?

docbert

"Better" for who?

There are flights from the US to Australia available for travel tonight for just over US$2000. There are flights available from Europe (UK and France being the two I checked) within the next few days for under A$1400. There are currently no hotel reservations currently available in NZ for the next >4 months.

CPMaverick

I think it's better for those that can plan ahead and don't want to get bumped off their flight at the last second. Definitely more certainty with the NZ method.

However bumping hasn't been that bad for US->AU flights, so for US arrivals, perhaps AU is better.

bensyd

Out of date info....

nancypants

I’m a little confused by the NZ method (my brother is getting married and while I have zero interest in going to the wedding, I figured I should at least pay lipservice to “trying”). My reading of the NZ rules was that I wasn’t admissible there other than from Australia

IMOA

A dog park friend I have recently had to return to the UK to attend her mother’s funeral and help with her father (basically get him into a home as he suffers from dementia and the mother who passed away was the primary carer). The advice she was given was to contact her local federal member (north Sydney so Trent Zimmerman) and his staff told her to make sure when she put the request in to have the time as at least 6 weeks and once submitted to get the reference number and contact them straight away with that reference number so they could escalate it. She did that and approval came through in under an hour. Apparently if you have a local federal member who is not entirely happy with the current rules this is a very good way of getting things approved quickly.

If the trip is over 3 months my understanding is that it will be approved very quickly and easily.

bensyd

Out of date info...

A1pax

Thank goodness, am from Sydney, so can go home after release from prison hotel, will happen to be in the middle of the lockdown. Home detention is far far better than prison hotel.

3544quebec

Make sure you stock up on hotel toilet paper before you leave because you won't find any on the supermarket shelves! In fact , request a few rolls each shift at the hotel and you can fund your quarantine fee by selling on the black market.

A1pax

🤣😂 I absolutely looove your suggestion... Will take on your toilet paper marketing scheme to fund the quarantine fee.

lokijuh

So a 50% cut in caps on international arrivals into Australia. Not happy.

Mwenenzi

02 Jul 2021 (abc.net.au)--->National Cabinet agrees to COVID-19 vaccine targets, halve international arrivals
Before from abc.net.au

The (failed) States again dictate how many arrive.

A1pax

Too late for us. Maybe he will refund us half of our quarantine costs or waive them altogether? Pie in the sky?

Mwenenzi

Still in quarantine?
The chances of the NSW Govt letting you free and reducing the cost are nil or less.
Would have thought NSW would have been more amenable to this vaccination vs days in quarantine. But will be more behind the AU Federal-SA deal.
( I did 14 days in AKL last year}

(news.com.au)--->Scott Morrison reveals national cabinet decision on international arrivalsThe current QLD outbreaks are own goals (like Victoria last year).
The fed's will be blamed for this reduction decision by the states (really 3 states).

Edit
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says new cap on international arrivals won't stop COVID outbreaks