All borders to reopen.
yeah nah. Comes a point when you have to look after yourself. Ask all the people in various industries stood down on a financial precipice and see if we don’t have a covid problem.
im all for sharing the love. But not at the expense of Australia. It was the governments hesitation in closing Australia off earlier due to being perceived as being ‘racist’ amd not wanting to rock the boat that got us here. all
you have to do is look at idiots like Andrew Bolt and his comments on the India ban. Why he gets any airtime is beyond me. But this is the society we live in. A society where f@&kwits can access the wider media, forcing the government to waste time defending stupid accusations rather than getting on with the job. Does anyone seriously think the ban on travellers from India is racially motivated?
Australia first, help when we can.
The Feds have seen the effects of the ‘we kept you safe’ narrative that has benefited governments in NZ, NT, QLD, WA and Tas, and they know it holds power with a fearful populace. After the disastrous response to the acts of sexual deviance and culture in parliament, and after a less than stellar vaccine rollout, the Libs will not risk any more electoral damage until next year’s Federal election is done and dusted. Maybe talk of a travel bubble here and there to keep folks like us hopeful, but no real action unless the risk is practically nil...
However...
Make no mistake they are itching for international travel to return. No, they actually desperately NEED it to. It’s budget week next week and you can bet Treasury forecasts don’t add up unless immigration is juiced back to 200000 plus Net per year; oh, and let’s face it, the big business donors will be demanding the flow of warm bodies, erm sorry, ‘skilled labor’, to put a lid back on that nasty wage growth, and the shocking requirements of having to spend a realistic amount of time and money to train locals for jobs, both of which is just simply unacceptable to them.
International travel will return with a vengeance just as soon as vaccination numbers and electoral realities allow for it.
However...
Make no mistake they are itching for international travel to return. No, they actually desperately NEED it to. It’s budget week next week and you can bet Treasury forecasts don’t add up unless immigration is juiced back to 200000 plus Net per year; oh, and let’s face it, the big business donors will be demanding the flow of warm bodies, erm sorry, ‘skilled labor’, to put a lid back on that nasty wage growth, and the shocking requirements of having to spend a realistic amount of time and money to train locals for jobs, both of which is just simply unacceptable to them.
International travel will return with a vengeance just as soon as vaccination numbers and electoral realities allow for it.
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For every international visitor bringing their ¥, their € and their £ into Australia, Bill and Barbara are taking Australian $$'s out of the country to spend in places-that-don't-have-our-G.S.T.
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FFS are you really comparing India to the western world? I’ve worked in India for a few months - I like the place, but let’s not make any mistake here... disease and destitution is endemic in the population at large. A million people die from diarrhoea every year and a third of the country doesn’t have access to a working toilet
I wonder if you're conflating two different propositions here?
Yep, the Gubbinmentwould like needs immigration to return but I'm not so sure about tourists.
Yep, the Gubbinment
However , Immigration doesn’t return the way treasury forecasts need it to unless International travel returns. It’s not just permanent migrants. But PR holders, Students, Temporary workers, etc etc... it adds up to many more travelers than a Net migration figure of 200000 (many of whom also then themselves travel back and fourth to visit family and friends). The governments numbers don’t add up without it all, and many businesses will be ‘leaning’ on them making it happen ASAP.
Iron ore may have hit $200 a ton (I’d say Gina and twiggy are smiling more than Josh), but Structural steel is up about 3-4 times, as is the price of lumber... that won’t do the building industry any favors unless there’s a way to keep demand at levels that will endure the required price rises. We know the rent seekers in the property industry love the way our immigration policies have kept demand for property elevated. They are a prime example of those in industries beyond tourism wanting unrestricted travel to return soon, and at the highest levels possible.
Utterly incredible. Queensland is going to make its QR code app mandatory next month. That’s May 2021. It only made the app available in March 2021. The app is now only voluntary. But even when it is made mandatory, it won’t be mandatory for everyone. And yet that ****wit Steven Miles thinks he is king ****… Christ are Queenslanders all intellectually impaired that they voted incompetent dip****s like him back in. Rhetorical question there.
How long has this pandemic being going. And it takes them until bloody May 2021 to make QR codes mandatory. And they still stuff it up allowing separate systems to be used. Yep, that’s going to streamline things, speed the process up. Make everyone use the one system, nah. Why the hell would you want to do that.
Mr Miles said licensed clubs that used ID scanning would still have the choice of using that for their record keeping.
How long has this pandemic being going. And it takes them until bloody May 2021 to make QR codes mandatory. And they still stuff it up allowing separate systems to be used. Yep, that’s going to streamline things, speed the process up. Make everyone use the one system, nah. Why the hell would you want to do that.
Who is impacted?
"Most" hospitality venues – in other words, pubs, restaurants and cafes will need to use it.Mr Miles said licensed clubs that used ID scanning would still have the choice of using that for their record keeping.
Soooo, you agree with the mandatory QR code app or not? Your messaging is all over the shop.
Utterly incredible. Queensland is going to make its QR code app mandatory next month. That’s May 2021. It only made the app available in March 2021. The app is now only voluntary. But even when it is made mandatory, it won’t be mandatory for everyone. And yet that ****wit Steven Miles thinks he is king ****… Christ are Queenslanders all intellectually impaired that they voted incompetent dip****s like him back in. Rhetorical question there.
How long has this pandemic being going. And it takes them until bloody May 2021 to make QR codes mandatory. And they still stuff it up allowing separate systems to be used. Yep, that’s going to streamline things, speed the process up. Make everyone use the one system, nah. Why the hell would you want to do that.
Mr Miles said licensed clubs that used ID scanning would still have the choice of using that for their record keeping.
How long has this pandemic being going. And it takes them until bloody May 2021 to make QR codes mandatory. And they still stuff it up allowing separate systems to be used. Yep, that’s going to streamline things, speed the process up. Make everyone use the one system, nah. Why the hell would you want to do that.
Who is impacted?
"Most" hospitality venues – in other words, pubs, restaurants and cafes will need to use it.Mr Miles said licensed clubs that used ID scanning would still have the choice of using that for their record keeping.
Errrr, I’ve been checking in with QR code’s in most places in QLD since about this time last year, or mid year, can’t remember exactly.
Wtf are you on about?
Wtf are you on about?
Some worked some didn't.
Funny that there is a lot of people called Micky Mouse living in Oz.
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To be fair to the POMS, they’re a global crossroads interlaced across many other countries, and have almost 3 times the population, not an out of the way island, however beautiful or lucky that island is.
and they’ve jabbed over 40m people with a vaccine whilst our government has naval gazed and managed 2m
and they’ve jabbed over 40m people with a vaccine whilst our government has naval gazed and managed 2m
To be fair to the POMS, they’re a global crossroads interlaced across many other countries, and have almost 3 times the population, not an out of the way island, however beautiful or lucky that island is.
and they’ve jabbed over 40m people with a vaccine whilst our government has naval gazed and managed 2m
and they’ve jabbed over 40m people with a vaccine whilst our government has naval gazed and managed 2m
But anyway, the UK government released its green list yesterday. 12 territories of which 4 are only letting visitors in if you can believe that. And it includes Aus and NZ!
There seems to be a lot of naval gazing on this thread quite frankly. We are a small island that relies on imports from the continent. We have no option to isolate ourselves, but it feels as if the government are getting closer to that stance every day. Variants will arrive regardless of actions at the border. Millions of key workers are exempt from amber list quarantine because the benefit of them working outstrips the risk.
But anyway, the UK government released its green list yesterday. 12 territories of which 4 are only letting visitors in if you can believe that. And it includes Aus and NZ!
But anyway, the UK government released its green list yesterday. 12 territories of which 4 are only letting visitors in if you can believe that. And it includes Aus and NZ!
surely if you decide to holiday in Australia, you would still be at the mercy of our quarantine laws regardless of whether you are vaccinated or not. Which would mean two weeks isolation on arrival. Which I would think might dampen anyone’s or most people’s plans. Especially as you have to pay for it, somewhere around 1,800 squid for an individual.
"Six overseas travellers who reported they were fully vaccinated have tested positive for COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine, authorities have revealed.
The numbers were released in this week’s NSW Health COVID-19 surveillance report as the federal government pushes forward with its vaccine passport plans.
The report states six people in the NSW hotel quarantine system tested positive over four weeks ending on May 1, despite reporting they were vaccinated prior to landing in Australia."
Make of that what you will.
The numbers were released in this week’s NSW Health COVID-19 surveillance report as the federal government pushes forward with its vaccine passport plans.
The report states six people in the NSW hotel quarantine system tested positive over four weeks ending on May 1, despite reporting they were vaccinated prior to landing in Australia."
Make of that what you will.
short flights long nights
Just because you are vaccinated, does not mean you can’t catch COVID. It just means you won’t get really sick. It seems to have crept into peoples thinking that if your vaccinated, you can’t catch COVID.