Also that since September ( I think) Australia had repatriated about double the number of Australians and permanent residents who were registered to return, at that time. So much for non priority!!
Actually, remember the old joke...
"How do know when a politician is lying?"
Their mouth is open....
Scott Morrison has written to the clerk of the lower house correcting the record and apologising to the former Labor leader
www.theguardian.com
Of the over 65,000 international arrivals since the number of 'vulnerable Australians' was first publicised (July) - less than 14,000 were those registered with DFAT since then (not of the original number registered as of July but registered at any time before & since then.
Over the entire DFAT timeframe:
14,000 / 80,700 = 17% of international arrivals. Seems like non-priority to me. The 80,700 figure are international arrivals for July thorugh to November.
Equating the total number of people arriving in Australia as 'stranded Aussies' is a bare faced misrepresentation. Just like the claim that all the roughly 27,000 registered with DFAT would be home before Xmas - nowhere near that figure as the 14,000 figure issued by DFAT covers from June 9th through to Dec 10th.
Sad but true.
Intriguing that NSW is now proposing the pre-flight -ve test may become a requirement (to limit arrivals of CV infected people). Where this has been real world trialled - Hawaii - there's been exponential outbreaks & lockdowns required vs when 14 day quarantine in hotels required.
Avg daily infection rate for international arrivals seems to be holding around the 1-2% level (comparable to rates 2 months ago!).