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Beware the illusion of fortress Australia. We remain isolated as others re-open | Tim Soutphommasane
Australia can’t let ourselves become the victims of our own success managing Covid. Reopening borders and minds will reveal a confident country
Fortress Australia is one of our abiding national illusions. As an island nation, we are preoccupied with threats from outside, and convinced we have it within our power to keep them at bay.
So it has been with this Covid pandemic. Listening to debate today, there are many Australians perfectly content with the federal government’s assumption that international borders will be effectively closed until mid-2022. Some wouldn’t mind keeping our borders closed forever. They’d say it’s a modest price to pay to keep us safe.
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