Charles Darwin University welcomes first international students since coronavirus shut borders

Hong Kong resident and international student Poyan Wong knows how lucky she was to secure a spot on a special charter flight to Australia during the pandemic.

She had been working in Singapore but chose to go back home during the pandemic.

“I am super lucky because I chose to go back to Hong Kong and, after four months, then I had a chance to go on this flight [to Darwin],” she said.

“I mean, the timing was just perfect.”

Since March, the Australian border has been closed to…