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Australians trying to leave could have a constitutional challenge to COVID-19 travel restrictions, says legal expert Legal experts are questioning measures forcing travellers to get exemptions to leave the country, and Australia's other responses to the pandemic could increase the chances of a legal challenge. 8 July 2021 Experts are questioning the legality of the government's border measures requiring travellers heading out of Australia to get permission to leave.  The travel restrictions put in place at the beginning of the pandemic mean that Australian citizens and permanent ...

Australia has some ‘big questions’ to be answered on COVID strategy 09/06/2021|8min Labor MP Peter Khalil says there are some “big questions” which need to be answered as a nation surrounding whether Australia is going for a suppression or elimination strategy when in comes to COVID-19. “As a nation, nationally, as well as the states and territories, we have to have this conversation,” he said. “Are we as a nation going for an elimination strategy or suppression, what is it exactly? “If it is elimination, we really need to think about this because most of the other parts of t...

Labor MP Peter Khalil has criticised the federal government’s lack of support for Victorians during the state’s fourth lockdown saying, “what happened to ‘we’re all in this together’?” “The state government did announce a $250 million packed for business,” he said. “The state government’s doing what it should, my criticism is of the federal government and Josh Frydenberg and Scott Morrison. “What happened to ‘we’re all in this together’? “It’s a bit disingenuous for Frydenberg to say, ‘oh well no we can’t restart JobKeeper’, we’re not talking about tha...

Labor campaigners are calling for an urgent change in the party’s direction to address household concerns about costs and wages in a bid to win blue collar votes.

Labor MP Peter Khalil says Prime Minister Scott Morrison “abrogated his responsibility” in failing to utilise more resources to establish federal quarantine facilities. The Federal Government is facing increasing pressure to establish purpose-built quarantine facilities in the wake of the latest COVID outbreak in Victoria. “The Federal Government is responsible for quarantine and they should’ve put more resources and effort into setting up federal quarantine facilities,” Mr Khalil said. “Frankly, he (Scott Morrison) has abrogated his responsibility on what is a federal responsibi...