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Sky News Australia has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars live-on-air for the family of terminally ill man Mark Keans after they were denied an exemption to Queensland’s strict border laws to visit him.

10/09/2020 After hearing of Mr Keans’ battle to see his four children before he passes away, Australians dug deep and raised more than $200,000 on the family’s GoFundMe page by the end of the night. Even Prime Minister Scott Morrison tipped in $1000 to help the family to help pay for the quarantine costs after the family was told they could now enter Queensland but at a cost of $16,000.

In an emotional interview with Sky News host Paul Murray, Mr Keans' sister Tam Langborne spoke of the pain behind Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s incredibly strict border bans which have left the prime minister “mystified”. "He's struggling, his major wish when he got diagnosed was that he just wanted his kids since the day he got diagnosed we've been fighting and fighting ...

 

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Perhaps if they organised a game of AFL the Qld govt would let them in.

Where are those “media experts“ commenting that skynews does not have audience?

Finally something good coming from the outlet that spews a lot of crap..

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