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Andrew Dickens: The MIQ debate and the secret document come to light

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Today I went to my little Japanese cafe in the suburbs for a Teppanyaki Beef Rice Bowl. I've been going once a week ever since I started this gig 2 months ago. When I first went, I was the only customer. I wore my mask, showed my vax passport and ate outside. It was delicious. Today the place was buzzing. The street it was on was buzzing. Masks were sporadic. It was still delicious and still the same price. It showed me how much had changed in a few short weeks. It shows that barring a new variant, our war footing against the variant has passed. Which brings me to the great MIQ memo debate. The secret document that has mysteriously come to light. It shows top health officials agreed in November last year that MIQ was "no longer justified" for most returnees.   It took another three-and-a-half months, almost 40,000 MIQ stays and seven voucher lotteries before most incoming travellers could enter freely. The criticism of the government has been pointed. ACT says the Prime Minister needs to apologise to the thou