Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected calls to charter government flights to bring Australians home from overseas in time for Christmas.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected calls to bring thousands of Australians stranded overseas home on air force planes.
His deputy has written to the states and territories to seek their support, as they will need to take the extra passengers into hotel quarantine. Mr Joyce is pleading with the states to reopen domestic borders and the airline has taken out full-page newspaper ads on Thursday to push its case.
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