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Peter Dutton says Australia should shut border to Indonesia over foot-and-mouth scare

Paul Karp

After the Coalition was divided last week on whether the Albanese government should shut the border to keep foot-and-mouth disease out, the Liberal leader, Peter Dutton, has further evolved his position.

Dutton told 2GB:

I believe the borders should be closed, absent the information the government’s got … If there’s an argument why the border shouldn’t be closed, that’s for the prime…