'No alternative': Calls grow for border to close amid foot and mouth fears Quote:Australia should close its border to Indonesia until the country's foot and mouth disease crisis is resolved, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says.
The federal government continues to resist a closure, a position backed by the National Farmers Federation.
And, if the Liberals were in power I'm sure they would be resisting calls for a closure while Labor would want the border closed immediately.
Quote:Marles also said foot sanitation mats were being rolled out at airports for travellers returning from Indonesia.
"If they are not in place in every airport right now, it's on its way," he said.
Yeah, I'm sure they are. I read a story that some of these sanitation mats arrived at Perth Airport late on Friday afternoon (they have to come from China or somewhere overseas) but they wouldn't be "rolled out" until today... after the weekend, of course... lol..
Oh, and 2 or 3 flights arrived at Perth Airport from Bali on Saturday.
Doesn't seem to be much of a sense of urgency, does there?