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Alexander Downer

Australia’s COVID-19 plan has all been a con

The country’s zero-COVID goal is uncompromising. Just ask Novak Djokovic.

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The strange case of Novak Djokovic has shone a bright light on the eccentric behaviour of the world’s top tennis player. But it also has awoken the world to Australia’s own eccentric response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Indeed, the cancellation of Djokovic’s visa on Friday morning sums up the uncompromising attitude of the Australian government over the past 22 months.

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Alexander Downer was Australia's longest serving foreign minister, from 1996 to 2007, and most recently Australian High Commissioner to the UK.

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