Sky News host Gary_Hardgrave says the border politics being played by premiers in Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic are becoming a deliberate destruction of what Australia as a nation is.
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Sky News host Gary Hardgrave says the border politics being played by premiers in Australia amid the coronavirus pandemic are becoming a deliberate destruction of what Australia as a nation is. State premiers have recently come under scrutiny as a result of tough border restrictions and safety measures implemented in response to the pandemic. “This whole thing is now becoming a deliberate destruction of what Australia as nation has been since 1901,” Mr Hardgrave said.
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