Anger as Katie Hopkins posts video reportedly from Australian lockdown while thousands stranded overseas

British far-right figure accused of ‘making a mockery’ of Australian quarantine system after posting video saying Covid lockdowns a ‘hoax’Nin

Ms Hopkins apparent presence in Australia was met with anger online, with federal Labor MPs Andrew Giles and Josh Burns demanding answers about how she had been allowed to enter the country. File Picture: PA

Australian politicians have expressed their anger after British rightwing commentator Katie Hopkins posted a video claiming she is in hotel quarantine in Sydney while tens of thousands of Australians are stranded overseas and unable to return home due to reduced flight caps.

The limit on the number of international arrivals coming into Australia via commercial flights was halved from 14 July over concerns from some state premiers about the infectiousness of the Delta variant of Covid-19.