Aus reverses decision to charge citizens $1,000 for evacuation from China

Australian government cancelled its plan to charge citizens $1,000 for evacuation from China amid the coronavirus outbreak. Australia's ex-PM Kevin Rudd claimed that the government had cited incorrect example when it said Australia had charged its citizens to be evacuated from Egypt in 2011. Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg blamed the foreign affairs department for the incorrect information.

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