by Binoy Kampmark / July 12th, 2021
Australia, like other island states, has had spells of isolationist fancy and hermit dispositions. Protected by geography, distant and vast, the country’s first bit of legislation in 1901 was the Immigration Restriction Act. This nasty little statute came to be colloquially known as the White Australia Policy. Doors would remain open to Europeans and preferably those of Western stock.
Fortress Australia has also had a few modern manifestations. Refugees and asylum seekers who dare make their perilous journey to Australia via sea are rapidly whisked away into a privatised, Pacific concentration camp system. They are solemnly promised never to be settled on the Australian mainland.
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This is pretty amusing stuff. Apparently, Kevin Rudd has lobbied Pfizer for more Aussie doses while PM Morrison spends his time confecting lies. Rudd has written to the PM:
A second former PM put the boot in:
Thank you @MrKRudd for speaking to the Chairman of Pfizer to secure an earlier delivery of vaccines. Staggered the vaccination of Australians was apparently not important enough to warrant a call from @ScottMorrisonMP or @GregHuntMP to the Pfizer boss.
A spokesman for Health Minister Greg Hunt told The Australian there was no evidence Mr Rudd’s meeting influenced the decision for the pharmaceutical giant to send more vaccines down under.
Turns Out It Was Kevin Rudd, Not Scott Morrison, Who Sped Up Australia’s Pfizer Restock Theory: Kevin Rudd challenged the Pfizer chairman to a game of handball and when he won we got the vaccines expedited
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Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been credited with helping expedite Australia’s Pfizer restock, according to the
Reports say the Federal Government had bungled their initial negotiation with the pharmaceutical company last year, and Scott Morrison had added salt to the wound when he failed to speak directly with Pfizer’s Chairman and Chief Executive Albert Bourla, during this time.
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