All borders to reopen.
Lets get one thing straight...
Since the prohibition on cruise ships and an isolated case or two on cargo ships, there is only one other way that the country is now subjected to receiving infected individuals - international air travel.
That firstly means that bleating by international pilots and airlines is just that - self interested crap. The Federal Government and the states have already been overly generous, in my opinion, in permitting any international arrivals of passengers at all.
Given that generosity, it is even worse when we hear International pilots carping about lockdown conditions, etc., when the need for such measures is directly caused by their employers activities.
It should also be of interest to domestic RPT pilots because without the constant stream of infected individuals from overseas we would have beaten this virus by now and could have reopened the whole domestic RPT and tourism market
My suggestion is that there should be only two quarantine locations Christmas and Manus Islands. No one gets to land here unless they are tested Covid free for fourteen days.
Since the prohibition on cruise ships and an isolated case or two on cargo ships, there is only one other way that the country is now subjected to receiving infected individuals - international air travel.
That firstly means that bleating by international pilots and airlines is just that - self interested crap. The Federal Government and the states have already been overly generous, in my opinion, in permitting any international arrivals of passengers at all.
Given that generosity, it is even worse when we hear International pilots carping about lockdown conditions, etc., when the need for such measures is directly caused by their employers activities.
It should also be of interest to domestic RPT pilots because without the constant stream of infected individuals from overseas we would have beaten this virus by now and could have reopened the whole domestic RPT and tourism market
My suggestion is that there should be only two quarantine locations Christmas and Manus Islands. No one gets to land here unless they are tested Covid free for fourteen days.
Let’s look at what is currently working, erm Howard Springs! There have been no cases escape, so now maybe it’s time to ramp up the facility and capability. No doubt Wagner’s will get their way and build another purpose built facility next to Wellcamp. HQ is far from perfect but what is the actual percentage of cases that have escaped into the community? So the holes in the ole Swiss need to be filled in. Perfect it ain’t but it’s all that is currently available.
Or the old fook off we’re full, is that what you prefer. Best tell that to all the Aussies who have been trying to get home since March. Some with over 8 cancelled flights, others paying huge fares due to the caps. The QF charter flights are great but nowhere near enough.
I certainly want all kinds of travel back, even domestic travel without having to worry about borders and quarantine.
The solution?
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To me, YES, it would! I make no secret of that fact, nor apologies for it.
But in saying that, I am happy to accept personal responsibility for my health, and tolerate minor inconveniences (masks/social distancing/hand sanitiser on entry, for eg) to allow life to continue as normally as possible, as it does in NSW (who has kept borders open almost entirely throughout...).
By the same token, I don't smoke so, personally, I don't consider the 8,000-odd deaths from preventable lung cancer a year as being "OK". But hey, the rest of Australia seems to think that killing 8,000 citizens a year by the sales of tobacco products is perfectly fine! So who's right?
My point is, if the Government has had a financial model for acceptable risk (including death) v reward for decades, and they threw it out the window for COVID. However, the Government - of all persuasions - is happy to rake in the billions of dollars from tobacco excise, despite knowing it is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in Australia.
You can't have it both ways.
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On the 3pm news Mr McGowan is hinting the hard border with Victoria might come back.
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TWT you are right , I just had a quick glance. But that is the point really convoluted , complex rules that are continually changing
Looks like WA will shut to Vict , Qld now have restrictions & are watching very closely
Staff infected from two quarantine hotels in Melb, the nebuliser theory is a wonderful red herring. Took Dan & the gang less than
two months to muck up hotel quarantine yet again after the July 2020 master class. Still all boasting about how how the Vics are the best & we teach all the plebs
from the other states how to hotel quarantine
There will be more transmissions from other quarantine hotels in Melbourne , nothing is more certain
These characters have destroyed aviation & travel not Alan or Jayne or even CASA
Oh yes we couldn't do Anzac day ,but "Mums the word" for BLM , Dan went to ground for a couple of days
PJ : well maybe those who have commercial interests that cross interstate borders or work for airlines or any hotac related field or drive a taxi or simply want a
holiday in WA do actually give as you say a sh## or two
Looks like WA will shut to Vict , Qld now have restrictions & are watching very closely
Staff infected from two quarantine hotels in Melb, the nebuliser theory is a wonderful red herring. Took Dan & the gang less than
two months to muck up hotel quarantine yet again after the July 2020 master class. Still all boasting about how how the Vics are the best & we teach all the plebs
from the other states how to hotel quarantine
There will be more transmissions from other quarantine hotels in Melbourne , nothing is more certain
These characters have destroyed aviation & travel not Alan or Jayne or even CASA
Oh yes we couldn't do Anzac day ,but "Mums the word" for BLM , Dan went to ground for a couple of days
PJ : well maybe those who have commercial interests that cross interstate borders or work for airlines or any hotac related field or drive a taxi or simply want a
holiday in WA do actually give as you say a sh## or two
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Hey McLimit, let me see if I've got this right...
You are concerned about risk aversion in others.
But are risk averse when it comes to the economy...
"You can't have it both ways."
"It appears you can have it both ways"
Yes, it appears you can.
You are concerned about risk aversion in others.
But are risk averse when it comes to the economy...
"You can't have it both ways."
"It appears you can have it both ways"
Yes, it appears you can.
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Two more cases just now.. here we go again!!!
And now there are people able to slip past staff to deliver a PlayStation to a room!! It’s all going so well. I bet by Saturday, cases in Melbourne will be in the 100s!!
And now there are people able to slip past staff to deliver a PlayStation to a room!! It’s all going so well. I bet by Saturday, cases in Melbourne will be in the 100s!!
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the 2 cases are household contacts of previous cases. Is it great? No. But lets put it in perspective. It’s not like it’s running rampant just yet. Unless you’re considering a future in WA politics, in that case keep the FUD up.
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pretty sure you’re in WA (or SW China, same sort of ‘leadership’ style) where the brainwashin and fear mongering is at its finest.
the 2 cases are household contacts of previous cases. Is it great? No. But lets put it in perspective. It’s not like it’s running rampant just yet. Unless you’re considering a future in WA politics, in that case keep the FUD up.
the 2 cases are household contacts of previous cases. Is it great? No. But lets put it in perspective. It’s not like it’s running rampant just yet. Unless you’re considering a future in WA politics, in that case keep the FUD up.
Theres always going to be a risk & when someone bends or breaks the rules including concealing a neubiliser the risk becomes a fact.
Then you have the people in quarantine who are making accusations about staff not wearing masks etc whilst not wearing a mask themselves (watch the newsclip & you will see the loudmouth).
There are plenty of people who have made mistakes & of course Andrews made a big 1 but this virus is being controlled & it seems many on here just take pleasure out of every piece of negative news they can focus on just like the time wasters ringing up radio talkback programs & complaining because they have nothing better to do.
The AO is worth to much money to ML shame that ANZAC day isn't worth as much to DA tho. After its completion and tennis players are gone then he will consider locking down ML. If he does it now the threat of loosing the open is a real possibility I bet there wont be advanced announcement about cancelling the F! in November if cases are happening in June!
Lets keep the negativity going,the media are reporting 4 or 5 new cases today,they were in fact actually announced yesterday & all linked to holiday inn case but that fact doesnt get headlines.
heard just now another snap 5 day lockdown is planned. I imagine they will wait for today’s and possibly tomorrow’s case numbers but seems quite likely.
Snap 5 day lockdown archives what?? Incubation period is at least 14 days. WA and QLD were just lucky further cases didn’t emerge definitely not a result of “snap” lock downs and “slamming” the borders shut.
I don't want 500 cases, however, as to why I would want to?
Maybe to keep Australia as one nation, rather than the 6 different micro-nations we have become. Maybe to give certainty to everyone from tourist operators to airlines to Joe Q Public and his dying father that 'ol Joe can get to his funeral. Maybe because I live in NSW and work in WA and would like to actually get paid at some point to keep my house - because I have not been to work for nearly a year, am not eligible for JobKeeper (employer turnover hasn't dropped enough) and am not eligible for any Centrelink benefits ("You're still employed, you haven't resigned nor been sacked".) Maybe because I don't consider it fair for NSW to have brought home tens of thousands more Australians than any other state with the risk of an HQ-breach that that entails - yet they are getting screwed over time and time again by Premiers who won't do their fair share. Maybe because I think people should themselves take responsibility for their healthcare & wellbeing instead of praising scumbags like McGowan "who kept us safe for so long". Or maybe it is because I firmly believe if you give a politician an inch, they'll take a mile. People endorsing the locking out of 30% of Australia's citizens over one case, whose source is known only reinforce such punitive measures remain acceptable for the smallest infraction of anything the CHO, Police Minister (in his role as EMO) or Premier might dream up in future, and I think that is wrong.
Take your pick of any of the above. If there is a genuine risk, fine. One case in 8.5 million people is not a genuine risk to a state that warrants a border closure, no matter how you try to show it is.
So wash your bloody hands, wear a mask and don't sneeze over people in the food court at the local shops. Take some responsibility for your own wellbeing instead of expecting Australia to bend over and take it up the asre "to keep you safe".
Maybe to keep Australia as one nation, rather than the 6 different micro-nations we have become. Maybe to give certainty to everyone from tourist operators to airlines to Joe Q Public and his dying father that 'ol Joe can get to his funeral. Maybe because I live in NSW and work in WA and would like to actually get paid at some point to keep my house - because I have not been to work for nearly a year, am not eligible for JobKeeper (employer turnover hasn't dropped enough) and am not eligible for any Centrelink benefits ("You're still employed, you haven't resigned nor been sacked".) Maybe because I don't consider it fair for NSW to have brought home tens of thousands more Australians than any other state with the risk of an HQ-breach that that entails - yet they are getting screwed over time and time again by Premiers who won't do their fair share. Maybe because I think people should themselves take responsibility for their healthcare & wellbeing instead of praising scumbags like McGowan "who kept us safe for so long". Or maybe it is because I firmly believe if you give a politician an inch, they'll take a mile. People endorsing the locking out of 30% of Australia's citizens over one case, whose source is known only reinforce such punitive measures remain acceptable for the smallest infraction of anything the CHO, Police Minister (in his role as EMO) or Premier might dream up in future, and I think that is wrong.
Take your pick of any of the above. If there is a genuine risk, fine. One case in 8.5 million people is not a genuine risk to a state that warrants a border closure, no matter how you try to show it is.
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As long as this thing is allowed to replicate, like in Europe it can and will mutate (remember not that long ago viewed as unlikely) and possibly come up with something that can defeat our efforts at vaccination.
Then its back to square one.
I don't want to go all the way back to square one. Do you?
Then its back to square one.
I don't want to go all the way back to square one. Do you?
I don't get it.
All of you complain that states that lockdown when outbreaks occur say they should follow NSW's approach and just use contact tracing (even though they did a partial lockdown) because otherwise it destroys the economy.
Now in Victoria you're all piling on DA for....... using contact tracing and keeping the economy going during a major income event (the AO)
It seems people just decide who to like/hate based on what political party the person involved belongs to and then they look for evidence solely to back up that position.
All of you complain that states that lockdown when outbreaks occur say they should follow NSW's approach and just use contact tracing (even though they did a partial lockdown) because otherwise it destroys the economy.
Now in Victoria you're all piling on DA for....... using contact tracing and keeping the economy going during a major income event (the AO)
It seems people just decide who to like/hate based on what political party the person involved belongs to and then they look for evidence solely to back up that position.