All borders to reopen.
He won in a landslide because there was basically no opposition! He has a mandate for the closed border whether you like it or not.
It is extraordinary to have people in locked down covid infested states, relying on WA resources to provide the funds for their welfare, jeering at us.
Covid has been sitting in ships in Fremantle harbour and we have managed not to have it spreading everywhere, that is down to the people as well as the government. From the Ruby Princess onwards NSW has been unable to kepp it under control.
Vic cracks 90 a bit over a week later and is forecasted to overtake NSW in total % Second dose mid to late November.
Queensland would be lucky to crack those numbers this calender year. Love the change of tune from Dr Young up here now... ‘Covid is coming for you’. Good riddance. Way too late now.
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It is extraordinary to have people in locked down covid infested states, relying on WA resources to provide the funds for their welfare, jeering at us.
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From the Ruby Princess onwards NSW has been unable to kepp it under control.
Be realistic, WA has got where it is though good luck, not good management. Any child can close the door to keep the boogy man out - and that's all McGowan has done, viable opposition or not. He hasn't managed WA's fair share of international arrivals, nor the volume of air freight that Sydney handles, and he's run the health system into the ground. On just about every measure, the WA health system has been trending badly for the last several years, where most other states have been static or showed improvements - the only thing that'll likely be able to turn that around is the budget surplus - because god knows you'd be totally screwed without it!
There is about 15 million people that make up the populations of NSW and VIC all of whom have been under increased restrictions this year.
So the minority of Australian’s might not be feeling the pain - but it’s about time those minorities started acting in the National (read majority) interest and that we have consistent plan with known targets to work towards. It’s absolutely ludicrous that we still don’t know when:
- QLD will open up to VIC / NSW
- WA will cease all restrictions on arrivals from states that have even a tiny number of cases
And I won’t let the Eastern states off the hook, it’s also equally stupid that:
- NSW opens international arrivals on November 1, but no word on arrivals from Victoria
- That Victoria (at 2000 cases a day) still considers the ACT a red zone (at 30 cases a day and a population that sees 95% of people with at least a single dose of vaccine)
- That Victoria allows someone to arrive from NSW, travel to regional Vic and then lockdown within 25km of that location, yet someone in Melbourne can’t travel to regional Victoria.
This country has well and truly lost the plot….
So the minority of Australian’s might not be feeling the pain - but it’s about time those minorities started acting in the National (read majority) interest and that we have consistent plan with known targets to work towards. It’s absolutely ludicrous that we still don’t know when:
- QLD will open up to VIC / NSW
- WA will cease all restrictions on arrivals from states that have even a tiny number of cases
And I won’t let the Eastern states off the hook, it’s also equally stupid that:
- NSW opens international arrivals on November 1, but no word on arrivals from Victoria
- That Victoria (at 2000 cases a day) still considers the ACT a red zone (at 30 cases a day and a population that sees 95% of people with at least a single dose of vaccine)
- That Victoria allows someone to arrive from NSW, travel to regional Vic and then lockdown within 25km of that location, yet someone in Melbourne can’t travel to regional Victoria.
This country has well and truly lost the plot….
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It's also extraordinary to expect NSW to carry the lions share of the risk of international arrivals and airfreight yet those states whose Citizens transit through Sydney Airport, those states whose time-sensitive freight transits through Mascot, are more than happy to lock out NSW's Citizens.
On the contrary, until the arrival of Delta, NSW managed all outbreaks while keeping the economy relatively open with targeted lockdowns. They didn't stop taking international arrivals like Victoria did when they had their outbreak, they didn't have a sook about the number of arrivals and demand they be halved like McGowan did - while still expecting NSW to pick up the slack - and they didn't say "we ain't taking anyone" like Tasmania did.
On the contrary, until the arrival of Delta, NSW managed all outbreaks while keeping the economy relatively open with targeted lockdowns. They didn't stop taking international arrivals like Victoria did when they had their outbreak, they didn't have a sook about the number of arrivals and demand they be halved like McGowan did - while still expecting NSW to pick up the slack - and they didn't say "we ain't taking anyone" like Tasmania did.
This absolute mess has the lowest unemployment rate of all the States as well as being the only State with a budget surplus of billions. People can go about their lives freely without masks etc, we have not had any restrictions for several months.
He won in a landslide because there was basically no opposition! He has a mandate for the closed border whether you like it or not.
It is extraordinary to have people in locked down covid infested states, relying on WA resources to provide the funds for their welfare, jeering at us.
Covid has been sitting in ships in Fremantle harbour and we have managed not to have it spreading everywhere, that is down to the people as well as the government. From the Ruby Princess onwards NSW has been unable to kepp it under control.
He won in a landslide because there was basically no opposition! He has a mandate for the closed border whether you like it or not.
It is extraordinary to have people in locked down covid infested states, relying on WA resources to provide the funds for their welfare, jeering at us.
Covid has been sitting in ships in Fremantle harbour and we have managed not to have it spreading everywhere, that is down to the people as well as the government. From the Ruby Princess onwards NSW has been unable to kepp it under control.
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I’ll happily wear a mask indoors at shops etc and adhere to other restrictions for the next year if it means I can come and go from WA freely. The problem is the selfish majority in this state who believe they are free simply because they can visit a pub, or travel to Margs, or Exmouth or Broome won’t be willing to do the same. That’s not freedom people. You are prisoners in this sh1t show of a state
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I'm sure if you weren't stood down or one of your family members impacted by covid you wouldn't be thinking the way you do. we are not prisoners, we have boundaries, it's temporary and necessary. I'm sorry you feel the way you do, maybe chat to someone in VIC who is deeply impacted for perspective.
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I’ll happily wear a mask indoors at shops etc and adhere to other restrictions for the next year if it means I can come and go from WA freely. The problem is the selfish majority in this state who believe they are free simply because they can visit a pub, or travel to Margs, or Exmouth or Broome won’t be willing to do the same.
So I’m fairly sure the rate of mask compliance will
be high when mandated due to a reopening with some Covid circulating around.
I'm sure if you weren't stood down or one of your family members impacted by covid you wouldn't be thinking the way you do. we are not prisoners, we have boundaries, it's temporary and necessary. I'm sorry you feel the way you do, maybe chat to someone in VIC who is deeply impacted for perspective.
Sounds like you’re suggesting I should be grateful to live in WA. As a Pilot coming and going from the state, I’m regularly made to feel like a criminal, just for doing my job. Enough is enough!
You wouldn’t understand as I know you’re not in the industry. You’re just a McGowan fan boi
The rate of mask compliance I observed during all of the 3 lockdowns, then during the two weeks of mandatory masks after was very high, to the point anyone without a mask stood out like a sore thumb. Almost all people were willing to wear them, and that included the two weeks after the lockdown with no Covid circulating in the community.
So I’m fairly sure the rate of mask compliance will
be high when mandated due to a reopening with some Covid circulating around.
So I’m fairly sure the rate of mask compliance will
be high when mandated due to a reopening with some Covid circulating around.
2. The vaccine uptake was low due to supply being diverted to NSW. The uptake of the available vaccine in the state is rated as “Fully Utilised” with little to no spare available in the last Health Department weekly update (page 18 here).
3. The number of first doses plus bookings for doses in the state is over 80%, so the required amount of people are intending to take it up.
4. All indications on WA, Qld and SA reaching 80% within a week of each other in early December. Now I’ve been watching those projected target dates semi religiously over the vaccine rollout and they’ve pretty much remained in that position for a while. This means the rate of uptake in the Covid free states is steady and all will hit their targets around that time. Very unlikely now any state will fall short.
So there’s reason and evidence to be positive about the situation, messaging is now changing towards a reopen and living with Covid mindset.
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So why not focus your bitterness and hatred elsewhere?
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You clearly loathe everything about WA and its inhabitants so why can't you just let it go, surely you don't actually want to come to this state and we don't want arrogant "easten staters" who think they are sooo superior to come here and sneer at us inbred bogans.
So why not focus your bitterness and hatred elsewhere?
So why not focus your bitterness and hatred elsewhere?
Well said Clare.👍👍👍
Geez, looks like I’ve upset the McGowan fan club tonight! All 3 of you are here at the same time…what are the odds?
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Still not a fan of going Republic, but if this is the best that the Commonwealth/States can do, then sign me up if a Republic can introduce one Government, one plan, and all going in the same direction!
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Or do you just mean a republic where the most populous states can impose their self-proclaimed superiority over the smaller states?
