‘We Were Demonised’: Quarantined Australians Among 2,000 Submissions to COVID-19 Inquiry

Qantas, Woolworths, Home Affairs, state departments, doctors, Fair Work Australia, Universities and Pfizer and AstraZeneca among the submissions

Arriving passengers talk with a Western Australia (WA) Police Officer at the Perth Domestic Airport on March 3, 2022 in Perth, Australia. Paul Kane/Getty Images

A couple who were stranded in the UK when COVID-19 hit and forced into quarantine on return to Australia in June 2020 are among more than 2,000 submissions to the Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response inquiry.

The inquiry, chaired by Robyn Kruk and including panel members Catherine Burnett and Dr. Angela Jackson, published the public response on March 27.