Scott Morrison has done well by ignoring bleatings from corporate spivs & if he wants re-election he should ignore them now. Until there is mass vaccination, Australia cannot readily open itself to a resurgence of Covid or its variants. Crown’s first task is to protect the realm 
Given the endless stream of expatriate woe stories, am surprised Newspoll did not poll what Australians' reaction is to expats who have not lived here for decades, suddenly, deciding, yes, they were Australians, again. I doubt it is 'let prodigal London fund manager come home'
Australia's slow pace of vaccination means our historically zealous immigration controls must remain in place. We are a massive island at the bottom of the world, we suffered terribly from Spanish Flu, and we do not have immunities from a herd experience or from vaccinations.
Finally, on slow vaccinations, it is mid May, and if only someone was asking in early January why the Vaccination roll out was so slow:
https://twitter.com/GrayConnolly/status/1345920720736436226
The whole border reopening debate is a 'revolt from above' - our noisy but electorally small Corporate/Spiv demographic wanting travel & cheap workers back etc while the Normals want the borders sealed against Covid & any variants until they & vulnerable family are vaccinated.
Before my mentions become a dumpster fire: my late parents were migrants here & most of my family is overseas. I get the pain of separation. I also get that many fellow Australians are in very vulnerable situations until mass vaccinations really get underway.
The logical upshot is pressure would be on Govts to rapidly roll out vaccines but I was doing my very small part in January ☝️ when everyone else was taking on trust that the Govt had this sorted. More fool you etc
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