We will put our car into long term car parking and treat this cost as part of the deal to get overseas. No brainer. My brother had his son take their car to the airport on the day of his arrival and let him know where it was parked. Many ways to skin a cat.
Make sure you consider the car battery in this equation. A modern car and a few weeks at a car park don’t always mix well. Then you would need to interact with someone to get it going, and the only possible government reaction to that would be to lock down again.
I’m fine with it, if that’s what I need to do to see Seat Son, so be it. However, all the people who actually have COVID and are quarantining at home must also have to do it. Those people have also been found going to the gym, work, shopping and visiting when they actually have COVID and are 100% a risk to the community. Whereas people from overseas may or may not (and given vax and testing regime, probably don’t) actual have COVID.
For non-Aussie international crew - I would imagine that there will be vaccination requirements as per airline policies and/or country policies as well as testing, plus continued designated hotels and strict rules.
Same. It wouldn't be THAT much higher than the cost of Ubers each way. And certainly less than the cost of hotel quarantine. We have been overseas in the past for 6 weeks at a time and no issues with the car battery.
What i'm willing to do does not equal what i'm willing to have forced on people, especially selectively.
No one is forcing anyone to travel overseas. It is called a consequence of doing so in a pandemic.
I'm curious what other liberal democracies are doing. I get the feeling they are all having some form of traffic light quarantine, depending on country risk and personal vaccination status.
No I don’t anymore. But we quarantine local first level contacts for 14 days so moot point.
do we? do they get made to instal apps with 15 minute check ins? or do we ask them to and trust them, perhaps a check or two along the way
Where are you getting these 15 minute ping info from? On the other hand if following quarantine rules it’s not an issue, is it.
I think the OP is referring to the close contacts being rounded up and forced into HQ.
Where is this happening?
It happened during the recent outbreak in SA when all customers at a winery were taken into custody.
my point is that people arriving from overseas and thereby 'suspicious;' in regard to covid should not face MORE stringent restrictions than those who are in 'suspicious' circumstance in a domestic setting, in a restaurant with a positive, on a train with a positive etc.
It’s a shame we didn’t. I think history will show who had the right approach.
Yes, I thought you meant it was happening now
