Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LISTEN to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LATEST NEWS to start the live stream.

LISTEN
Watch
on air now

Create a 2GB account today!

You can now log in once to listen live, watch live, join competitions, enjoy exclusive 2GB content and other benefits.


Joining is free and easy.

You will soon need to register to keep streaming 2GB online. Register an account or skip for now to do it later.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Stranded Aussies still vying for flights despite ‘exciting’ developments

Article image for Stranded Aussies still vying for flights despite ‘exciting’ developments

Australians stranded overseas are still dissatisfied with the travel cap, despite 1000 new hotel quarantine places being added around the country.

Australian in Amsterdam Pieter Den Heten has gone so far as to create a website, removethecap.com, where other stranded Aussies can document the ordeal.

He told Deborah Knight it’s been “near impossible” to get home over the last four months, with many priced out of flights.

“It’s quite normal to pay up to $10,000 … when you buy the economy tickets, you have very little chance to get on that flight.”

The government’s consideration of reinstating home quarantine for international arrivals to lift the cap or remove it altogether has been a welcome development.

Mr Den Heten said he “got excited” about the news, but “I might be getting ahead of myself with that one.”

Click PLAY below to hear the full interview

2GB Afternoons
Advertisement