Originally Posted by
goodonyamate
I wrote to the prime minister saying the same. The states should be funding all welfare directly related to the closure of borders, ie the domestic tourism industry. A myopic view, perhaps, but the reason domestic pilots are not at work is the rogue state premiers. Make them pay, directly or through a reduction in future fund distribution. Watch the premiers bleat then. WA? Good for now...until the world descends further into chaos, exports stop due war etc etc...when they come begging for money, perhaps the federal govt response should be ‘you wanted to stand alone, nows your chance’.
australia....one country, made up of 8 other countries apparently.
So who are you blaming? The hand-wringing do-gooders in Victoria who thought that cultural inclusiveness should be an overriding concern in a pandemic response or the premiers who are doing their best to eradicate the virus? *
i agree that there should be no international arrivals unless they want to quarantine in some remote camp which has resident guards.
*Which is not a unique Victorian impulse-Canada delayed banning flights from China for far too long because it was seen as being discriminatory.