A heartbroken family have described Queensland’s tough border stance as “disgusting” after they were unable to say goodbye to their dying mother.
A grieving family has been left heartbroken after a desperate attempt to farewell their dying mother failed because Queensland’s health authorities took “days” to process their “urgent” border application.Glenn Lyons and his wife Kelly are mourning the death of his 83-year-old mother Marion who died on Wednesday after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
“Every minute was a minute we didn’t think she’d be alive,” Kelly, Marion’s daughter-in-law, told NCA NewsWire. She passed on the same advice to her sister-in-law Kerrie and her husband Wayne Lyons — Marion’s son.Kelly Lyons and her husband Glenn Lyons applied for a border exemption on Monday but didn’t receive a response until Wednesday afternoon. Marion died that night.Kelly was driving on Tuesday morning when she missed four calls from a “No Caller” ID, which a voice message confirmed to be Queensland Health, but the person did not leave a return number.
“She was incredibly upset at this tepid response and told them that at no time did any person stipulate this,” Kelly said.By Wednesday morning, the family’s application still hadn’t been processed. “It had air travel listed instead of road travel, so he was turned away. Their mum died an hour later. It’s really disgusting,” Kelly said.Kelly Lyons described Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s border restrictions as ‘disgusting’ and ‘inconsistent’.
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