> In a statement, Hawke welcomed the unanimous decision, arguing that Australia’s “strong border protection policies” had both “kept us safe during the pandemic” and “are fundamental to safeguarding Australia’s social cohesion”.

This is the best part of the article, where they ignore that they got the worst of both world's through their radical incompetence, in not vacinating as many people as possible as soon as possible. They have China's level of respect for the principle of freedom of movement with a European ability to actually keep the virus under control. Absolute pissing away of a huge advantage.

Australia has to have one of the least competent public health apparatuses in the Western world, and that's really saying something.