This ban on Indian Australians getting home reeks of racism. Mind you, we re not exactly bending over backwards to help our own anywhere else, but at least we haven t threatened imprisonment. What a joke. This insular, us against them, no foreigners welcome approach is playing to the redneck right the Coalition seems to so desperately crave the approval of. But this time it s actual Australian citizens it wishes to alienate. How the hell did we end up here? I would ve thought it was high time the federal government had a crack at actually doing its job and delivering a functioning quarantine system and getting even somewhere close to reaching its promised vaccination targets.
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News by Samantha Maiden 6th May 2021 4:53 AM Cricket great Michael Slater has challenged to Prime Minister to a debate as he delivered another brutal sledge over the flight ban for Aussies trying to flee India. Slater called on Scott Morrison to take your private jet and come and witness the dead bodies on the street! before saying he would debate him anytime in a series of blistering tweets. In the latest war of words between the pair, the broadcaster returned fire after the PM dismissed his claim that the Morrison Government could be left his blood on his hands over the Indian flight ban.
News by Samantha Maiden 6th May 2021 4:53 AM Cricket great Michael Slater has challenged to Prime Minister to a debate as he delivered another brutal sledge over the flight ban for Aussies trying to flee India. Slater called on Scott Morrison to take your private jet and come and witness the dead bodies on the street! before saying he would debate him anytime in a series of blistering tweets. In the latest war of words between the pair, the broadcaster returned fire after the PM dismissed his claim that the Morrison Government could be left his blood on his hands over the Indian flight ban.
Flights from India now paused as Australia sends emergency medical supplies
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The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister
The Morrison Government has agreed a number of new measures to protect Australians from the increased risk of the COVID-19 outbreak in India, while also providing significant new support to assist the Indian Government in their humanitarian response.
We recognise the challenging COVID-19 crisis that India is currently battling and we stand ready to provide more support to our friends in India and Indian Australians during this difficult time.
On advice from the Chief Medical Officer, India has been determined to be a high-risk country for the purposes of travel arrangements.