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How can Australia, proud of our freedoms, respectful of all our peoples, and insistent on human dignity, inflict cruelty on Australian children as a means of achieving a goal of government policy?
âRisk-appropriateâ travel plan key to unlocking border
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Looks like the PM is keen to lock us all up safely until he wins another election (âRisk v reward: why PM may go earlyâ, May 22-23). But millions of us were born overseas and have parents and siblings we need to visit (ideally while still healthy and alive). When will the government realise this is more than a political campaign? We need a risk-appropriate plan for expanding the numbers of people permitted to travel. This might be through the vaccination rollout or expansion of the quarantine system. It should not be a discussion of open or closed borders but of a safe and gradual transition towards, first, a broader definition of essential travel and, ultimately, all kinds of travel. -
Citizen shut-out a simply heartless solution to crisis
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The Coalitionâs response to the situation in India is horrifying (âFines and jail for those who flout India banâ, May 1-2). There is another possible response that is humane and just: get them home as soon as possible. What does it say about the governmentâs confidence in our quarantine systems when citizens in this dire situation are locked out? Maybe Morrison should take Jennyâs advice and imagine his own family in the same boat.
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