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Following the prime minister’s ban on Australian citizens returning from India, Fran Bailey has called the decision abhorrent and an indictment on the government.
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Karen Middleton.
Former Howard government minister Fran Bailey.
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Fran Bailey, a former Howard government minister, has blasted Prime Minister Scott Morrison for locking Australians in India out of their own country, calling it “abhorrent”, “unconscionable” and “an indictment on the government”.
“I’m disgusted, absolutely disgusted by this decision,” Bailey says of the government’s declaration that there would be a temporary pause on travellers from India entering Australian territory from 12.01am on Monday, May 3.