Originally Posted by
Xeptu
I don't understand why WA takes so much heat over this issue, SA a liberal Gov state is firm with WA, as is TAS and the NT. Why is it all about WA and QLD
Because your muppet of a Premier says "You're from <X> You will not enter, I don't care if you've got a dying relative, or you're a West Australian who went to <X> to bury your mother, you aren't coming back". He
also says "I don't care
where your National FIFO crew live, if they're from <X> you'll have to get your employees from WA, I don't care
how much of a specialist they are, or
how critical they are to your business, get your employees from WA, because the other's aren't coming back."
SA, Tasmania and the NT all allow compassionate travel. They all allow residents to return to SA/NT/The Apple Isle and they all allow essential FIFO crew to enter, subject to relevant restrictions.
McGowan won't.
And now, with the brouhaha about the WA hospital crisis, the
reason for McGowan's antics is becoming clear. It
isn't about keeping Covid out because Covid is a mean and nasty virus. It's because your health system is at crisis point
without Covid. And
when not
if Covid gets in to WA, he's going to want to hope your health system is in a much better place than it is
now!
As for Anna Stay-Away, well, there's only so many babies you can kill by refusing their mother treatment before people crack the ****s. There's only so many nurses who work for NSW Health but live in Qld that you can refuse entry to before people get the ****s. There's only so many NRL families you can allow entry to the state to while rejecting genuine residents trying to return home before people get the ****s, and all of the above, people see right through. OF course, it doesn't help when your CHO
openly admits you can
buy your way into the Sunshine State, while at the same time torpedoing the AZ vaccine rollout...
I haven't seen the SA/Tasmanian/NT Government carry on like either WA or Qld have...