MELBOURNE -- Australian states' tough internal border policies to fight COVID-19 have, at times, arguably split the nation into multiple mini-countries.
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Australian states' individual responses to COVID-19 have shown they "have a lot more power than we probably realized," one expert told Nikkei Asia. © Reuters
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