Commentary Australians stuck overseas should not feel unwelcome to return home. Yet, from this week, any citizen flying back from India must contend with sanctions. The maximum penalties include a $66,000 fine or a five-year jail sentence. It is the first time in Australian history that a government criminalises its citizens for attempting to return home. Yet, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has refused to back down on the measure, arguing that it is necessary to use “emergency powers under the Biosecurity Act to protect Australia’s health services and quarantine program.” The prime minister has also dismissed accusations from Greens Party leader Adam Bandt that he is “racist” for imposing travel bans on those returning from India. Of course, such accusations are profoundly unfair because, when it comes to breaches of rights, the government is more of an “equal opportunity” provider. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the seminal Legal Rights Audit 2019 …