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Australia’s international travel ban is based on politics not science, health experts have told Guardian Australia’s medical editor, Melissa Davey.

She writes:

On Sunday the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, told SBS News that the budget expectation is that international travel will begin in 2022, with further detail expected when the budget is released on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, posted on Facebook that borders would only open “when it is safe to do so”, saying during media interviews over the weekend that Australians do not have an “appetite” for opening borders if it means further lockdowns and restrictions.

But a professor in paediatrics, vaccinology,…