'Hilarious if it wasn't tragic': Pets arrive home before stranded Aussie family
The Fotheringhams' pets were able to travel home as cargo while the family has been repeatedly bumped from flightsThere are calls for greater support from the Federal Government to bring Australians home
But the Fotheringhams' case highlights the predicament facing 26,000 Australians the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade estimates still want to come home."Tickets to nowhere. It's thousands and thousands of dollars," Mr Fotheringham said. "These airlines are losing millions and millions of dollars, it's about containing those losses," said aviation analyst Geoffrey Thomas.
The recent decisions to allow actor Tom Hanks and British billionaire Lord Alan Sugar in for film and TV productions has angered some."Celebrities, movie stars, lords and ladies are coming into Australia," said Adrian Lister, an Australian stranded in Kazan, Russia.
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