Opinion: I've received more than 500 emails and messages from people whose families and lives have been torn apart. This is the brutal cost of Australia's travel bans. I'm not comfortable with it. Are you? | bengroundwater TravellerAU
If you want to have a harrowing week at work, try appealing for and then reading through more than 500 emails and messages from people whose families and lives have been torn apart.
Australians, unfortunately, need to get comfortable with this stuff. You as a citizen need to read these stories and accept that these are the necessary consequences of an incredibly tough regime enforced by your government. And if you can't get comfortable with it then you need to ask why this is being done in your name.
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