Daniel's Story

03/26/23 • 33 min

With business interests that takes him all over the world, Daniel found himself stuck in Zambia in August 2021, trying to get back home to Perth, Western Australia. Unfortunately for him, he was impacted by not only Australia's international flights caps, but also the "South African" variant that was scaring governments and public health officials around the globe. Exiting Zambia via Johannesburg in October, after the restrictions around South Africa relaxed, Daniel then had to fly to Brisbane. But with borders firmly closed between states and territories, he found himself caught in the bureaucratic nightmare that was Western Australia's G2G pass and COVID testing. This is Daniel's story.

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