Nationals Senator mattjcan says this past fortnight has seen the 'absurdity' that is the Queensland government’s policy on border restrictions, adding it has just “collapsed upon itself”.
|Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says this past fortnight has seen the "absurdity" that is the Queensland government’s policy on border restrictions, adding it has just “collapsed upon itself”. Mr Canavan told Sky News there is widespread support for restrictions on travel from areas where COVID-19 is, but the Queensland government put "far too much stock in that and far too little stock in actually making the sensible decisions on the ground that impact real human beings".
“Too wrapped up in focusing on being tough on borders, Annastacia Palaszczuk has become a Queensland version of Donald Trump … building the wall keeping all of the Mexicans out from down south. Ms Palaszczuk was heavily criticised this week after a 26-year-old Canberra woman was only allowed to leave hotel quarantine for a private viewing of her father’s body, however, was not permitted to attend the funeral on Thursday with her mother and 11-year-old sister.
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