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Tens of thousands of stranded Aussies won't be home for Christmas

Tom McIlroy
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Tens of thousands of Australians won't make it home from COVID-19 hotspots in time for Christmas, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison blames state hotel quarantine capacity for slow progress in returning stranded expats.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade told Parliament on Thursday that 36,875 Australians overseas had registered as seeking to return amid deadly surges of COVID-19 in regions including Europe and North America.

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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.
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