https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">PODCAST EPhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht" aria-label="Emoji: Polizeiautos mit drehendem Licht">: About 20,000 desperate Australians are still stuck overseas, while the flights they were bumped off are landing in Australia almost empty. I spoke to  @lauramoates on the impact of passenger arrival caps. More reports in threadhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/aug/27/why-thousands-of-australians-are-still-stranded-overseas">https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
Pressure is mounting on the federal government to ease the caps, as Coalition MPs call for more to be done to help those stranded. The caps allow less than 4,000 arrivals into Australia each week and are set to last until 24 October. https://twitter.com/EliasVisontay/status/1295853170418020354?s=20">https://twitter.com/EliasViso...
While increasing the caps relies on states agreeing to expand their hotel quarantine capacities, there are calls for the federal government to set up specific quarantine facilities or contribute to other quarantine solutions to allow more Australians to return home.
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