
The Weekend Read: Richard Denniss on the worst policy failure in Australian history
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The Australian Government's Refusal to Build Quarantine Facilities
The rison government has been denying it had responsibility for bio security and quarantine. From the moment early on, the morning of march 19 20, 20 that the ruby princess unloaded hundreds of covered positive passengers on to the streets of sydney, many of whom rushed straight to the airport. The subsequent inquiry into the debarcle found that both the new south wales and federal governments had failed in their obligations. It was telling that morrison's first reaction was to shift both responsibility and blame on to the states. Morrison seems to believe that the less he commits to, the less he can be held responsible for. This, in part might explain his refusal to build dedicated quarantine facilities, rather
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