‘I’m stuck’: expat in Kuwait can’t visit her seriously ill mother in Australia due to strict new rules

Australians living abroad who return home temporarily must now meet rigorous documentary requirements before they can leave again

Sam Espejo was halfway across the world when she learned her mother had stomach cancer.

Even with travel restrictions and expensive flights, Espejo held out some hope of getting back to Gympie in Queensland, from her new home in Kuwait, to support her mother through surgeries and chemotherapy.