Why do you say it like the people who 'should have' returned months ago had a variety of choice? A very slim portion of Australians had the opportunity to fly back months ago as well as today as borders closed and huge volumes of flights were cancelled/rescheduled.

The people you say who 'ignored' the memo from the Australian Government to come home were limited by a few factors: - Flights were cancelled and most were given a return ticket to use at a later date within 700+ days (mine has only become available as of 1st of July via Emirates to fly to places...

That's easy to say when your state isn't charging your residents for a compulsory quarantine...