Influential conservative commentator Andrew Bolt has slammed Australia's 'racist' government for banning flights from India - calling it a 'shameful' and 'cruel' to leave thousands of Australians stranded during the nation's health crisis. Australia has made illegal for anyone who has been in India in the last 14 days to return. In an opinion piece for the Herald Sun, Bolt said he did not believe the government 'would impose such a travel ban on white Australians fleeing from, say, England'. 'The death of any Australian in India because of this ban will shame the Prime Minister and everyone cheering this despicable and irrational policy. Nationals Senator Matthew Canavan said his own government should look at fixing the hotel quarantine system rather than imposing travel bans.

Source: Daily Mail May 03, 2021 06:34 UTC