Carl had been living in the UK since 2005 but came back to Australia regularly to visit his mother – who lives in Queensland – and to take care of his tenanted property. When his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer in July 2020, he scrambled to get home. While he found a flight back, the Queensland government refused him entry because his mother's impending death wasn't \"a sufficient reason\". Fast forward a year, and the Queensland government permitted his entry because his property needed repair and it satisfied their \"financial need\" criteria. And then the horrors of hotel quarantine. This is Carl's story.
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