Single dad left pretty broke after battle to get his family home during coronavirus pandemic
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Scott Walker and his two children boarded a repatriation flight in London.
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An Australian father of two says he has been left pretty broke and exhausted after flying home from the United Kingdom following months of cancelled flights and government red-tape.
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Scott Walker and his two children are in quarantine after getting seats on repatriation flight from London
The family had four flights to Australia cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
DFAT says it has helped more than 38,800 Australians return on more than 500 flights
COVID-19 Federal repatriation flights not taking off for NSW dad, kids, stuck in UK
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Scott Walker is urging the Federal Government to provide more repatriation flights.
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A single father says his children have been left sick and traumatised by the stress of being stranded in the United Kingdom after he won a lengthy custody battle to bring them to Australia.
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Robertson man Scott Walker has a house and work waiting for him in Australia, but he s stuck with his two children in the UK
He is concerned the family won t be allowed to transfer onto connecting flights if they are lucky enough to depart next week
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Dressed casually in a beige T-shirt and navy shorts, Sam was seen arriving with Jade at a café, where they were joined by Luke and Tori.
Jade, who is a nutritionist based in Sydney, has been friends with the Burgesses for a while, and recently spruiked the brothers clothing label on Instagram.
New year, new you: The English-born South Sydney Rabbitohs legend appeared in high spirits. Pictured left to right: Luke Burgess, Jade Spooner, Sam Burgess and Tori May
Keeping it casual: Dressed casually in a beige T-shirt and navy shorts, Sam was seen arriving with Jade at a café, where they were joined by Luke and Tori
Balmoral s Black Summer bushfire victims mark 12 traumatic months as scammer burns those who lost it all
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DecDecember 2020 at 9:07pm
Victoria Herrera lost everything in the bushfire, then she says she lost her insurance money to a conman.
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It has been a year since Victoria Herrera lost everything when the Green Wattle Creek fire hit the New South Wales Southern Highlands town of Balmoral.
The Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteer made the difficult decision to evacuate the day before fire ripped through the village on Saturday, December 21, and was one of 20 residents who returned to their properties the day afterwards to find nothing but burnt rubble where their houses had been.
NRL icon Sam Burgess was pictured online with a leading Sydney nutritionist
Health entrepeneur Jade Spooner wrote Happy birthday to this one of a kind
English South Sydney Rabbitohs legend split from his wife Phoebe in late 2019
Follows Phoebe giving evidence in court against estranged husband last month
The footy legend is fighting claims he threatened her father at her family home
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