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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by chii on Friday September 03, 2021 @01:32AM (#28400724)
> The restrictions on leaving Australia are particularly indefensible

if those leaving would sign a waiver that they may be refused entry back (e.g., people who left australia after the first wave, but decided to come back when delta variant first appeared), then it would be ok to let them leave.

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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st... by type0 on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:36AM (#28402119)
> if those leaving would sign a waiver that they may be refused entry back (e.g., people who left australia after...

Aussies have the whole empty continent nearby to banish the wrong-thinkers to exile /s

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