Have you spoken to the Australian Embassy about this?
They can’t assist a dual National in the country of their other nationality. I guess he could renounce his UK nationality and force their hand, but that’s a nightmare and also costs like £5000 to do, with still no guaranteed repatriation.
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Have you spoken to the Australian Embassy about this?