Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the "early evidence" is indicating the federal government’s temporary ban on flights from India is "on track.
" Addressing the media today in Melbourne, Mr Morrison reiterated the ban was always designed to be temporary and will be in place until May 15. “The information I already have is the pause is working, the pause is putting us in a place to ensure we’ll be able to safely bring people home,” he said. The prime minister also flagged the National Security Committee of Cabinet will meet this afternoon to provide an update.
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Greens leader accuses PM of ‘racism’ over India travel ban | Sky News AustraliaGreens leader Adam Bandt has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of imposing a “racist” travel ban on India and has called for the Coalition to lift the order immediately.\n\nEight members of the crossbench including Mr Bandt have signed a letter to Mr Morrison demanding he lift the ban on flights from India.\n\nThe order penalises citizens and residents stranded in the COVID-stricken country if they attempt to travel home with hefty fines up to $66,000 or a five-year jail sentence.\n\nThe decision has sparked heavy backlash from the opposition, human rights groups and the Indian-Australian community.\n\nMr Bandt said, “the government shouldn’t be threatening people with jail time because the government’s failed to build enough quarantine facilities or organise enough repatriation flights”.\n\n“The ban is racist, it’s possibly illegal, it’s not supported by the medical advice and it’s got to go,” he told Sky News.\n\n“Threatening people with jail time because they’re coming from a country that is not predominantly white - we didn’t take this approach of threatening people with jail time when it came to the US or the UK.\n\nThe Greens Leader labelled the travel ban and limited quarantine spaces a “damning indictment” on the prime minister and his government. \n If the Greens are saying that, then PM has made the right call! AdamBandt ScottMorrisonMP Inside Greens senators brains AdamBandt ScottMorrisonMP AdamBandt GOOSE OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE can’t split him with AlboMP
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PM 'not concerned' travel ban will damage India-Australia relations | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison says he is “not concerned” the travel ban imposed on return travellers from India will damage relations between the two nations.\n\nOn Tuesday, Labor Senator Penny Wong raised concerns over the Coalition’s approach to the India travel ban and said it had the potential to undermine critical relations with India as aggressive posturing by China continues to escalate.\n\nHowever, this morning the prime minister pointed out Australia had sent a “significant” amount of humanitarian support to India to help the country through the coronavirus crisis.\n\nHe said the temporary pause in travel would enable Australia to get citizens, residents and their immediate families back on repatriation flights.\n\nMr Morrison suggested without the ban the government would have been “eroding their capability” to help repatriate Australians over the medium to longer term.\n\n“This was a necessary step to ensure that we could help more Australian citizens and residents get home, safely, in a way that did not risk a third wave in Australia,” he said. \n ScottMorrisonMP How many Asian trading nations good relations do you want to destroy ? Our economy is in jeopardy. Idiot ScottyFromMarketing LNPfail AlboMP RichardMarlesMP AlanKohler SaulEslake JEChalmers ScottMorrisonMP Why would India be offended, he has just banned Australians from returning to Australia. ScottMorrisonMP Just a DS,, PEDO,, WANTIMG TO DESTROY & WEAKEN AUSTRALIA..
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PM confirms India travel ban to end on May 15 | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed the India travel ban will be ending on May 15 but flagged no changes would be made to the 'biosecurity orders' in the interim.\n\nMr Morrison said the travel ban worked to get the number of infections in the Howard Springs quarantine facility to “more manageable levels” and will be at a level which allows the restarting of flights.\n\n“As planned we will be able to return to having those repatriation flights from India from the 15th of May,” he said. \n\nMr Morrison also said the controversial Biosecurity Act which made it illegal for Australian citizens to enter the country for the first time in Australia’s history “has been highly effective” but will not be changed before they end on May 15.\n\n“There will be no change to the biosecurity orders that we have put in place which were put in place to run to the 15th of May, that biosecurity order is working exactly as it was intended to and it will remain in place with no change until the 15th of May. \n\nMr Morrison said there would be three repatriation flights in May and all returning travellers would be tested for COVID-19 before boarding. \n ScottMorrisonMP Weak and sneaky. ScottMorrisonMP Is this applies to temporary residents/international students? Or just for Australian citizens? ScottMorrisonMP Pointless 2 second ban and 2 seconds of threatening jail, what is clear is this wasnt about whats best for the country, its about avoiding backlash from voters, the coalition has shown their hand, fear of losing government will always guide their decision, very dangerous for us.
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PM says no plans to extend India flight ban, repatriation flights to restart next weekendScott Morrison says the ban on travel from India will not be extended beyond May 15 and repatriation flights will begin again as soon as the ban finishes, with three flights due before the end of the month. He can’t bring himself to call them Australians😡 I may have missed it but all I heard was “people” “The most urgent of cases will be returned by May 31st” Translation- “All the Australian cricketers will be returned by May 31st” 🙄 Great job Scomo at reducing the amount of Covid in the quarantine hotels. The Labor states would have let it out for sure.
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