I m not going to fail Australia, I m going to protect our borders.
Scott Morrison has defended the government s India travel ban after Aussie cricket great Michael Slater lashed out saying the PM had blood on his hands . #9Todaypic.twitter.com/rbhUzZxLdD
“These are the tools we have available to us under the Biosecurity Act, that will be used responsibly and proportionately,” he said.
“These laws have been in place under the Biosecurity Act, and the measures put in place for 14 months. No one’s gone to jail [thus far].”
With Morrison now saying there’s “pretty much zero” chance anyone returning from India would be jailed or fined – interesting to note that Greg Hunt’s media release on Saturday prominently mentioned the penalties pic.twitter.com/73vnhTUIYu
IPL: Commentator Michael Slater reportedly leaves India, slams Australian government’s travel ban
Slater launched a scathing attack on his country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not allowing Australian citizens to return from India. Michael Slater during the toss at IPL 2021 | Sportzpics / IPL
Former Australian cricketer Michael Slater, who was on commentary duty for the Indian Premier League, has left to the Maldives, reported the Australian on Monday.
Slater has also launched a scathing attack on his country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison for not allowing Australian citizens to return from Covid-19 hit India, calling the travel ban a “disgrace”.
The official medical advice to the Morrison government recommending “pausing” Australian arrivals from India also contained a blunt warning that those stranded risk serious illness and even death.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly’s advice said: “It is important in any measures we implement that we balance the burden on our quarantine and health systems and the protection of our community with the need to help Australians to get home, including those currently residing in high risk countries”.
Kelly said COVID-19 continued to be “a severe and immediate threat” to health in Australia and India was a high risk country, with a sharp increase recently in the number and proportion of overseas-acquired cases coming from there.
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