Freedom of Vaccination Please

Interestingly when Royals are mentioned Tassie gets left off the list. Our early Royal was cancelled but our Summer one is a go ahead.
As a horse owner in a Green Zone/White Zone/Ei Free whatever zone I keep getting asked why dont we just go about our business, we haven't got Ei so whats the problem?
We aren't just going about our business because we are told we are under the constant threat of EI arriving on our shores via a human or via horses from interstate, especially racehorses that can move around alot freer than any others as it seems. This has been so successfully instilled into our minds that some are even afraid of riding their horses down the road, let alone taking them to a show. Shows get advertised then cancelled because of fine print in insurance cover or grounds won't allow you to use them because they couldn't hold horses in a lockdown situation. We have no opportunity to vaccinate any of our horses even on a user paid system as we haven't got EI and aren't part of any eradication scheme. So don't worry about any competition from down here as I have been reading we can not compete unless vaccinated in some zones, and these are where most of the bigger competitions are held, so sorry we won't be coming.
Bring on freedom of vaccination it is what we all as horse owners should be working towards. Why as a country do we always shut the gate after the horse has bolted??
M. Roberts
Tasmania