Anton Minenko thought he would make it home to Australia in time for the birth of his second child.
Key points:
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Around 400 Australians are trying to get home from New Zealand
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The suspension of quarantine-free travel from NZ has made it difficult for them to return
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National Cabinet will today discuss plans to allow some international travellers to quarantine at home
He and his wife Juanita decided to move home from London, via the United States, earlier this year after spending several years living overseas.
She made it back to Canberra with their three-year-old son, but his plans to follow several months later fell through due to flight cancellations.
The New Zealand citizen and Australian permanent resident tried to travel through Auckland instead, but was halfway through his quarantine period there when so-called “green zone” flights to Australia were paused due to NZ’s COVID-19 outbreak.
“I’m still stuck here, my daughter was born on the 2nd of September,” he said.
“And so my wife is in…