As the doors slid back at Brisbane airport's arrivals hall early on Thursday morning, Renae Lawrence paused.
For a moment she was frozen, clearly dreading the media storm that was about to her engulf her.
After wiping away a tear with the back of her hand she took one deep breath and summoned the courage to move again
Head down. Eyes red and teary. Resigned to the two minutes of craziness ahead.
Bali Nine drug smuggler Renae Lawrence covers her head with a towel as her car is surrounded by media after arriving at Newcastle airport.
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She declined to comment as reporters threw a barrage of questions at her.
"Renae you look a little bit overwhelmed by being back home. How does it feel?"
"Are you fearful for your life now you're back in Australia, we know there's been lots of death threats."
"What do you plan on doing now?"
She muttered only a few words in Indonesian to thank the country's government for releasing her 13 years into a 20-year sentence.
Renae Lawrence at Brisbane airport, with her mother in the background.
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