WA couple stranded in Sydney while grieving daughter's death

A Western Australian couple who flew to Sydney following their daughter's death have been locked out from returning due to COVID-19 border restrictions.

Speaking to 6PR radio, father Alan said he and his wife rushed to Sydney after his daughter Robin took her own life on December 1.

Robin had previously been professionally diagnosed with PTSD and depression and had been denied entry to WA to be with her parents in October and November of 2020.

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The pair was required in Sydney to oversee a number of matters relating to Robins death, including clearing out her apartment and dealing with the police and the coroner's court.

However due to Western Australia reclassifying NSW as "extreme risk", Alan and his wife are unable to return to WA with their daughter's remains.

"We have been denied entry back to our home, due to the border being close on December 18, which would have been impossible to get a flight back, as we only received her ashes and her death certificate on December 16, to allow us to transport her ashes with us back to Perth," Alan told 6PR.

"It's not like we've come to Sydney for a holiday, we have come to deal with our daughter's death which is traumatic enough, and we can't even get home and try to start a life with the knowledge that our daughter's no more with us.

"To this date we still haven't been granted permission to go home."

9News.com.au has contacted Premier Mark McGowan's office for comment, which has referred the matter to WA Police who manage the exemptions process for G2G passes under the current border controls.

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