The Queensland government is calling for a review of Australia’s travel exemptions after a man faked diplomat status to avoid hotel quarantine after his flight from Afghanistan on Aug. 2. It was later revealed he was diagnosed with COVID-19 while on the connecting flight from New South Wales to Queensland.
The security contractor from the Sunshine Coast town of Maroochydore used a set of documents from the Afghanistan embassy, and the Australian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as a letter from the New South Wales state government to warrant a diplomat exemption to fly from Sydney to Queensland and avoid the hotel quarantine system upon departure.
