In Depth

Hunter family's fight to get mum on flight home from Philippines

Helen Gregory
August 3 2020 - 5:30am
Help needed: Noel Velasquez, Natalie Alcova, Nancy Aranas and Nona Aranas said the next hurdle after their mother returns home is whether she will be charged for mandatory quarantine. Mrs Alcova said the family's request for one of the siblings to spend 14 days with her in quarantine at her own home had been refused. Picture: Marina Neil
Help needed: Noel Velasquez, Natalie Alcova, Nancy Aranas and Nona Aranas said the next hurdle after their mother returns home is whether she will be charged for mandatory quarantine. Mrs Alcova said the family's request for one of the siblings to spend 14 days with her in quarantine at her own home had been refused. Picture: Marina Neil

A HUNTER family whose matriarch is stranded in the Philippines after a series of cancelled flights has appealed to the Australian government to temporarily lift its limit on overseas arrivals to help bring citizens home.

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Helen Gregory

Helen Gregory

Journalist

Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.

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