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Single dad left ‘pretty broke’ after battle to get his family home during coronavirus pandemic
An Australian father of two says he has been left “pretty broke” and exhausted after flying home from the United Kingdom following months of cancelled flights and government red-tape.
Key points:
- Scott Walker and his two children are in quarantine after getting seats on repatriation flight from London
- The family had four flights to Australia cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
- DFAT says it has helped more than 38,800 Australians return on more than 500 flights
Scott Walker and his daughter Sahara, 13, and son Eden, 11, boarded a repatriation flight from London on Saturday morning and are now in quarantine in the Northern Territory.
Mr Walker said it was touch-and-go as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) initially…
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