In their 1976 classic Hotel California, The Eagles sang of a haunted hotel where “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”. In an ironic twist of fate, we appeared to have created a 21st-century Hotel California, University Australia, where international students will be free to come and go from our shores in just a few weeks, while Australian citizens will not be allowed to leave until at least September 17.
If the Morrison Government was motivated solely by ensuring the health and wellbeing of the Australian people, then the nation’s borders would either be open...
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