I am in blood
Stepped in so far, that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o’er
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There’s a touch of Macbeth in the Morrison government’s treatment of the Biloela family.
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This far into the tragedy, into the waste and inhumanity of pursuing those two little girls and their parents, you might as well keep sticking it to them as to try to undo your wrong.
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Having raided and terrorised the family, having incarcerated them for three years and three months, having blown scores of millions of dollars in the process, having earned the disgust of anyone who cares about such things, what’s to be gained by letting them go home to Bilo now
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The damage has been done. May as well keep doing it.
