View from The Hill: Morrison government accepts Victorian closure but won't budge on High Court border challenges
- Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Scott Morrison has repeatedly and vociferously championed keeping state borders open.
But on Monday, Morrison was forced to change course, agreeing, in a hook up with premiers Daniel Andrews and Gladys Berejiklian that the Victorian-NSW border should be closed.
In a somewhat Jesuitical distinction, Morrison said they had agreed “now is the...