Deny Annastacia Palaszczuk an exemption to leave Australia to attend the Tokyo Olympics
The QLD state premier just advocated fiercely for halved arrival caps in Queensland (even though the numbers allowed in per week were already incredibly small and were not meeting the demand of stranded Australians wanting to return).
When she was granted her wish, she then openly rejoiced about her oppression of stranded Australians on social media.
THEN she increased the price of hotel quarantine for those returning. Airlines have already been feeling the pinch of unsustainable mostly-empty flights to Australia for the past year and responded to the halved caps by increasing flight prices by at least three times the already-exorbitant price. The increased hotel quarantine fees are making returning home even less possible for those who have been trying desperately for the last 16 months.
NOW she boasts about being able to go to the Tokyo Olympic games. One rule for her, and one of the rest of us. This is not democratic. Sport is not essential. She is deliberately demonising, dehumanising, attacking stranded Australians, partners and families apart, and migrant families and telling them that their lives, mental health, and wellbeing is worthless - and is worth less than her unnecessary holiday to Tokyo. If you are impacted by these inhuman border caps, or even if you’re not but you want to by an ally and make noise for what is right, sign this petition and let her know Enough is Enough.