{"id":1321406,"date":"2022-02-21T08:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321406"},"modified":"2022-02-21T08:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T13:23:53","slug":"fortress-australia-lowers-drawbridge-to-the-world-reopens-after-two-year-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fortress-australia-lowers-drawbridge-to-the-world-reopens-after-two-year-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortress Australia Lowers Drawbridge to the World: Reopens After Two-Year Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffortress-australia-lowers-drawbridge-to-the-world-reopens-after-two-year-isolation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1321406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Australia\u2019s borders reopened on Monday as tearful Aussies and visitors embraced at airports with some seeing loved ones for the first time since the country went into self-imposed isolation back in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 flights are scheduled to land in Australia in the next24-hours as Aussies around the world return to their families.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While Australians and some others were granted permission to return at the end of last year, this border opening allowed multiple other individuals to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Western Australia is however an exception and they will not be opening their borders until the 3rd of March and only to triple jabbed individuals, the\u00a0<em>BBC<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-australia-60457735\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Tehan, Australia\u2019s Minister of Trade, called the arrival of visitors \u201cwonderful, wonderful news for our tourism industry and the 660,000 people employed in it\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19953938\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371869697.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19953938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371869697-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A passenger arrives at Sydney Airport on February 21, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Australia is welcoming fully-vaccinated international travellers for the first time since closing its borders to all non-citizens and non-residents in March 2020 to limit the spread of COVID-19. (Lisa Maree Williams\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19953978\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371854885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19953978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371854885-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A young surf life saver hands out gifts to an arriving passenger at Sydney Airport on February 21, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Lisa Maree Williams\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Australia\u2019s\u00a0 tough border policy has caused massive disruption to their economy, with Aussie businesses losing out on an estimated 9.5 million tourists who visit the\u00a0land down under.<\/p>\n<p>There is however a stipulation to entry. Unvaccinated arrivals are still being required to quarantine for two weeks, which they will be expected to self-fund.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Australian Tourism Export Council\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-02-21\/border-reopens-travel-tourism-industry-tourists-return-covid\/100843998\">latest survey<\/a> found that 66 percent of\u00a0tour operators have raised concerns over tourists being reluctant to return to the nation \u2013 most likely due to the harsh restrictions that were previously in place \u2013 despite Tourism Australia\u2019s\u00a0$40 million advertising campaign \u201cCome and Say G\u2019Day \u2013 Don\u2019t Go Small\u201d being launched in Western nations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Australia had some of the world\u2019s toughest coronavirus restrictions, with individuals at times being arrested for not wearing masks, individuals being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/05\/woman-held-in-aussie-covid-camp-for-14-days-despite-testing-negative\/\">forcibly detained<\/a> in coronavirus camps despite having negative tests, police using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/22\/delingpole-rubber-bullets-for-public-health-australia-goes-full-fascist\/\">rubber bullets<\/a> to break up protests they deemed to be illegal, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.health.wa.gov.au\/Articles\/A_E\/Coronavirus\/COVID19-vaccination-program\/Mandatory-COVID19-vaccination\">vaccine mandates<\/a> for certain professions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19953994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371869695.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19953994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1371869695-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Relieved passengers arrive at Sydney Airport on February 21, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Lisa Maree Williams\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite having these tough restrictions, Australia is currently being hit with widespread coronavirus cases with it being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-02-21\/border-reopens-travel-tourism-industry-tourists-return-covid\/100843998\">reported<\/a> the island nation has reached three million coronavirus cases with \u201cthe majority of them were recorded during the recent Omicron outbreaks\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s reputation was also damaged following the Novak Djokovic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/18\/tennis-australia-deeply-regrets-novak-djokovic-deportation-drama\/\">deportation<\/a> scandal, with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/novak-djokovic-saga-causes-refunds-outstrip-ticket-sales-australian-open-1669815\">analysis<\/a> of Google search trends showing in January that there was a 25 percent higher search rate for those seeking refunds for the Australian Open tennis competition than those looking to buy tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Even former Aussie Prime Minister Tony Abbott labelled Australia\u2019s approach to coronavirus as \u201cheavy handed\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/23\/ex-aussie-pm-tony-abbott-warns-big-government-is-loving-lockdowns-and-seizing-personal-freedom\/\">warned<\/a> that governments are \u201cbecoming addicted to a crisis\u201d in December 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s borders reopened on Monday as tearful Aussies and visitors embraced at airports with some seeing loved ones for the first time since the country went into self-imposed isolation back &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1321406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1321406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1321406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1321406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1321406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1321406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}