Fortress Australia leaves border firmly shut and people stranded in India I The Brief

00:00 The Brief: Australian Politics Explained, May 2021

00:09 The federal government banned flights and threatened jail time and fines in an extraordinary intervention aimed at keeping people in India and COVID-19 out of Australia.

02:32 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down his second pandemic budget that forecast “Fortress Australia” will remain for at least another year.

07:49 The Brittany Higgins scandal again caused headaches for Scott Morrison’s government, but across the political aisle, frustration was growing that Labor was struggling to capitalise on vaccination and quarantine bungles.

09:49 Scott Morrison checks out the Trans-Tasman bubble, with a visit to New Zealand for talks with Jacinda Ardern.

11:22 The impact of the National Party win in the NSW by-election in Upper Hunter.

12:34 Victoria facing another lockdown, bringing the vaccine rollout into stark relief.

[showyceramics]

$998 000 000 000 000 for what actual outcome? No budget for ANY housing or actual quarantine, left many out of the budget after years of ragging in Rudd’s GFC budget. They had his template for success right there.

[johnbourne]

The border is far too porous. With around 15, 000 Australian citizens and permanent residents leaving each month during this pandemic the government needs to seal the border completely.

[markward]

The flight ban served a purpose, the criminality was directed at people who would put others around the world and at home at risk trying to circumvent the flight ban via 3rd party countries... seriously it’s not that hard to see the big picture

[henryh]

It is a concomitant of citizenship in international law, that a citizen has an entitlement to enter the country they are a citizen of. in Air Caledonie v. Commonwealth, the High Court confirmed this as a matter of Australian law. This ban in likely invalid.

[daz]

As a person of ethnic background I believe this not about racism more about common sense.

[noelbryant]

Australia called them out a year ago, now we are suffering trade sanctions.

[大米程]

According to media reports, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the British "Guardian" obtained confidential documents leaked by Snowden, a former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA) outsourcer. It pointed out that in August 2009, Australia was in the prime minister of Rudd. At that time, the Ministry of Defense Communications Agency tracked Susilo’s mobile phone communications for 15 days. In addition, Australia’s surveillance targets also include Indonesian Vice President Budiyono, former Vice President Kara, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Minister of Security, and Minister of Information.

[MisterMarvelous]

racist policy? oh shut up. Fact is it's a different deadlier variant from India

[raffg]

And now the Indian covid strain is in Victoria and we are in another lock down, Its not racists its common sense .

[goodyear]

I say bring them back and place them with with ABC staff and greens and labor members

[wiremu]

Morrison's foreign relations advisor is a QANON CON- spiracy theorist. God help the people of Australia!