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MAD BANS UNDERMINE TRUST

I've backed bans on gatherings and restaurants, and want tougher quarantine rules. But some newer bans seem a wild overreaction that will undermine faith in the social distancing rules we need. Why has Victoria banned fishing as a health hazard on one side of the Murray, while NSW thinks it's healthy on the other? We debated it on The Bolt Report.

To repeat: I've backed bans on things like gatherings and restaurants, and want tougher quarantine rules. But some newer bans seem a wild overreaction that will undermine people's faith in the social distancing rules we need. Why, for instance, is Victoria banning fishing as a health hazard on one side of the Murray, while NSW thinks healthy on the other? We debated this on The Bolt Report.

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