Family pleads for exemption for son to see dying mum

After months of trying to get back to Australia from the United States, Marko Marttila, 48, arrived in Brisbane yesterday. But with two exemption requests to self-isolate at the Redcliffe home where his mother is dying rejected by Queensland Health, Mr Marttila was taken to a quarantine hotel on the Gold Coast.

Sari Marttila last night said her mother-in-law Anneli – who has terminal bowel cancer – was deteriorating quickly and it was very unlikely she would last…



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