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Daniel Andrews flags shutting out stranded Australians except for 'compassionate cases'
Citizens stuck overseas say the idea of making them list their ‘tragedies’ to be ranked is ‘unspeakable’ The Victorian premier, battling an outbreak of the UK variant of coronavirus, has flagged slashing the number of Australians able to return home, suggesting travellers could only be allowed to enter the country on “compassionate grounds”.The proposal sparked a furious reaction from citizens stuck overseas, who said the proposal was “unspeakable” because it would lead to people’s misfortunes being compared. Continue reading...
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