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There's a ban on leaving Australia under COVID-19. Who can get an exemption to go overseas? And how?

  • Written by Anthea Vogl, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
There's a ban on leaving Australia under COVID-19. Who can get an exemption to go overseas? And how?Darren England/AAP

Australians are all too aware of the restrictions on interstate travel and on who can currently enter Australia.

But people may not realise there is also a ban on overseas travel for all Australian citizens and residents, subject to a limited number of exemptions.

Since March, about one in three requests to leave the country have...

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