Once an island prison, always an island prison. Or are Aussies free to travel away from Australia?
Yes, apparently their current government is made up of descendants of the original prison wardens.
“Or are Aussies free to travel away from Australia?”
No, the inmates have to apply for a Soviet-style exit visa and the majority of such requests are routinely denied and the applicants can count on visits from the police asking why they’d want to leave Australia, which is a Worker’s Paradise™