Covid-19: From ‘Fortress Australia’ to a gilded cage
Once the envy of all other nations for its zero-Covid achievement, Australia is now so far behind on vaccination that global travel is only now being contemplated – and initially just for citizens
“We haven’t been able to travel home since we arrived,” Judith Thompson, a 30-year-old Irishwoman, told the Business Post this weekend. “As a result, we postponed our wedding twice because the borders were closed.”
Thompson, who is from Co Antrim, moved to Melbourne in Australia with her partner almost two and a half years ago,
In December 2020, she gave in to reality and married her husband in a small ceremony on a beach on ...