Australian woman in Sydney quarantine told to charter flight to see dying father in Melbourne

Student, who returned from New York, says NSW Health is putting up frustrating obstacles while she is guessing whether my father will be alive tomorrow'

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An Australian woman who flew to Sydney from New York has been told she would have to book a $5,000 charter flight in order to see her dying father in Melbourne.

Anna Coffey, a student in New York, was informed by her mother on Monday that her father's condition was worsening after he suffered a second stroke. She booked the first available flight she could find, which was to Sydney.