On Sunday evening Paterson, the chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security, said the medical advice was ânot given lightlyâ and nor was the ministerâs decision.
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âI hope, however, that it never happens again,â he told Sky News. âI think an enormous threshold has been crossed that I really wouldâve preferred wasnât crossed.
âCriminalising Australians returning to their home country is a step too far. I worry about the precedent that sets about the value of Australian citizenship and Australian passports.
âLike many other things [done by the government] in this crisis it was an extreme measure, like many of the measures state governments have taken to lock people in their homes.