But leaving people to die alone, blowing up the economy, taking away people's lively hood, destroying businesses isn't???

Looks like Queensland’s time is up.

A outbreak is about the only thing that will get this woeful vax rate up. My fellow citizens up here need a massive kick up the ar$e.

That's not happening on this side of the continent.
But may well happen if the controls are relaxed too early.

But she says ‘there’s no need to panic’ PoppaJo, not yet at least….maybe after the grand final though, then she’ll panic. Oh the hypocrisy of it all………

Principles vs $$$$$$

As is sitting on a billion dollar surplus while overseeing a maxed-out health system; COVID not included.

I confess that, luckily, I have no idea of the extent to which the WA Health system is maxed out, or otherwise.
Nor do I know where the problem might lie. I last heard that the Fiona Stanley Hospital had floors still empty.
I suspect that it's mainly about lack of staff rather than facilities. I stand to be corrected.

McGowan is doing himself no favours by failing to respond to the criticism.

But I do refer to my previous post; what is the quick fix for the current situation?
I can see no improvement in staffing levels until the international border opens and immigration resumes.

Yep. It has little to do with money and much to do with expertise.

Without immigration Australia's public health system would collapse. That's why there's an ongoing scramble to import expertise through Australia's 'closed' international borders.

Why not pay nurses etc what they're worth? Why the need for immigration? PPP could be the reason. There's plenty of problems money can fix.

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/...28-p58vb0.html

And to be fair they are claiming to be doing something about it but it's questionable why this wasn't done sooner.

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/...08-p58guu.html

Questionable? It's unquestionably abject incompetence.

But because Australia's used to make the quickest buck the laziest way, it's become highly dependent on the immigration Ponzi scheme. It's impossible to grow enough doctors and nurses quickly enough locally, because it's just that.

So Anna, will it be go ahead with the NRL grand final or keep Queenslanders safe? I know you are completely genuine with the later, so surely money won’t be a consideration will it? :}

Wasn't Queen P having a soiree of her couple of hundred/thousand closest money contributors in the near future.

Now will THAT continue, one must get one's priorities straight.

The NRL GF will go ahead no doubts there. Come Tuesday tho, state wide lockdown have to quach the virus, QLDnrs you’re doing a great job blah blah blah. Whilst NSW, ACT and Victoria will very much enjoy a 2019 style xmas I think QLD will be spending it alone and isolated not only from the country, but, even their next door neighbors. .

They only start lockdowns in school holidays!

Victoria reported 1,438 cases yesterday.

Also reported that 93% of these cases were unvaccinated.

In a couple of weeks about 7% of theses cases will end up in hospital (~100) with about 1% (~14) likely to end up in ICU.

The unvaccinated are going to cause the hospital system grief for some time yet.

News in the last few hours which I'm sure everyone has heard via other means but Gladys has resigned. Expects the party to elect a new leader/Premier in the next few days and she will also resign from Parliament.

Apparently the ICAC Inquiry hasn't gone away and she's seen a sword and fallen on it.

Thats a huge % unvaccinated,i guess there will always be those who shout conspiracy but for the average guy in the street why would you take the risk.

With ScoMo opening the international borders, I can now feasibly travel Sydney to Singapore, before I can go to Brisbane or Perth. Or Adelaide or Hobart for that matter.
A pleasing step but still incredibly frustrating!

is that correct?

https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/australia/atp/notice

Let’s hope this has no bearing on NSW’s plan to open up….

is that correct?

https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/australia/atp/notice
Quote:
Short-term visitors with travel history to Australia, within the last 21 days before departure for Singapore, will not be allowed to enter Singapore with effect from 2 July 2021, 2359hrs (Singapore time). Please refer to the press release here issued by the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) dated 30 June 2021.

With immediate effect, applications for the ATP for short-term visitors travelling from Australia will be suspended until further notice.

Not sure about SIN, that info is a little old but UK and USA will be fine. I think there is a slight issue with the US recognising the Aussie AZ but that will be sorted. If SIN still hold the same requirements well, they are destroying their hopes of them being an effective hub carrier. In fact I think a lot of the big hub carriers futures are in doubt.

I doubt it will, but it's probably more bad news for Morrison, a scandal in the biggest State and one he's accused of being PM of (a la 'Prime Minister for NSW') as it's one of the States he has to hold in next years election. Although there has been some signs (such as not confirming he's going to Glasgow later in the year) that some are pointing to as potential that we could be looking at a November/December Federal Election. IMHO that would be idiotic, just out of lockdown to put poeple in queues at polling places just to make sure there's every chance for the virus to spread.......

Judging by the 'should've been Dan' content on social media I doubt there will be any effect on voting intention.

Difference is Dan wouldn’t have resigned or stepped aside. So we’d be stuck with him regardless, just like now. Sadly the slogan hasn’t aged well.


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That's a big assumption

Maybe check the reputation of the LNP in the Hunter and surrounding regions, all areas the Feds need to hold or gain to retain office. Despite ScoMo's perceived actions during Covid, he and his government really deserve to lose for what has now been 9 years of failure on every front and yet another revolving door of PMs - I'm really looking forward to the fibre I'm now going to get to my house (NBN) after this shower said it was too expensive, then spent billions more to replace copper with copper and are now planning to spend billions on top to put the fibre in anyway. That is just one example, apart from threatening to lock up journalists, lawyers and anyone else who goes against them (many volunteer organisations have been screwed by this government because of their comments against its social policies such as robo-debt and the like), stacking the FWC and the AAT, the latter with people with zero experience but an affiliation to their ideology, allowing the aged-care sector to descend into chaos despite being warned. Too many others to list, including rorts that basically paid their way to an election victory and were deliberately hidden. Jesus Christ, back a few years ago, Dutton even considered raiding the journalist and other person(s) who he thought might have leaked the 'Au Pairs' info.

I don't care what people think of the ALP, they couldn't possibly be worse than these morons.

And, just a tip, social media (aka 'twitter storms' and 'trending' on facebook) are basically an amplification of a vocal minority, they do not represent reality. The Victorian people on a whole are widely supportive of Dan Andrews - the so-called protesters are NOT protesters, they are rancid scum who throw rocks, bottles and urine on police and journalists and desecrate public property and they do not confine themselves to those acts either, with many health organisations having had to direct their nurses and doctors to remove or cover up any identifying clothing or badges/passes to avoid what has happened recently, including abuse of health workers in the street on their way to work and the closure of a vaccination hub because health workers were abused and were doused in urine. Not many Victorians have problems with the police dousing them in capsicum spray or using rubber bullets because they are sick to death of these morons on our streets (not to mention the thousands of cases of Covid that have resulted).

I actually think there's a coiled spring in the electorate that is just waiting to take out all it's frustrations on Morrison and his government.

The last election (2019) when people were all saying the ALP and Shorten were going to trounce the LNP, I was saying that the election was going to be a LOT closer than everyone and the polls were saying. This time I estimate it will be a lot LESS close than people expect, there is a feeling out there that just one too many lies and BS excuses has been spouted by the happy-clappy-slogan-bogan and like happened with Howard, he just lied too many times and eventually people decided whatever came next was worth a try.

I'm not taking a position or advocating what should happen, despite my feelings about the pathetic performance of this government (I could say the same about pink bats) but just what I see in comments people make to me, there is a palpable sense of anger and it's not what is imagined to be portrayed by the rioters and their Sky After Dark amplification system.

If Twitter was the real world the Greens would be in charge, the entire nation would be in lock down, and those fortunate to be working would be paying 60% in tax.

Judging by what I see on my feeds a lot of 'Dan' haters don't even live in Victoria. Same as those hating on McGowan are not from WA. Not saying that anti Dan people don't exist in Victoria and Melbourne, they most definitely do, but a lot of the waft is from people not in that state. As far as the so called tradie protests, every tradie I know hates them because they blame them for not being able to work, not Dan. Apparently there's a glut of 'only used once' hi-vis work wear on ebay since the protests.

That's not far off the true situation for any high earner when you add in GST, import duties, hidden taxes and stamp duties, fuel exise, etc etc.

If you're the top 5% of income earners maybe, but a quick look through their taxation policy there's nothing to say they want to increase tax on the median income.

Its hard not to bite on Political Dogma you have to put up with in Vic

Number plates that proudly proclaim "The Education State" , my understanding is that the calibre of year 12 standards in Vic is now pretty much the lowest
of the mainland states from likely at the to in 70/80s (thanks Joan)

Can somebody answer me this please

Cases currently circa 1500 per day in Melbourne/Vict (its a one city state), and rising rapidly - could bust through 3000 in a couple of weeks (& let's just
hope that does not happen)

Who will let Melb people into their state for Christmas - 80 days away ?

WA definite no, Tas seems very cautious - I would say no

Qld probably no ? ; story the other day about a ton of qld residents being locked out camping on NSW border , waiting to return to Qld for long time now

SA , not sure ; NT - who knows

NSW again not sure , the challenge might be getting back to Victoria from NSW

Great the vax rates are going up but even at >70% , nudging 80% of over 16s are the non-covid states really going to say
yes we don't give a rats about your case numbers , they have no relevance - the Vics are more than welcome to travel to our state

Would very much like to take a break from Melb (full vax etc) , but for the life of me would not understand why a covid-free jurisdiction would
let us in as we will bring death & destruction to you

Why also is Vict talking about "opening up" and easing restrictions when the graph of +ve case numbers is looking , well really rather vertical
What am I missing in this little scenario , why can't I see the happy & wonderful picture(succulent Roast Turkeys & families together from all over Australia)
that the Politicians seem to repeat & repeat & repeat ?

Because you have to open up, you can not stay locked away expecting to get to and stay at zero covid it’s lunacy. Open the god damn country up.

Watch these idiots up North here shortly. They will open up, and as it should, virus in and people infected. Borders closed and Lockdown imposed. Life will be good down South.

Anna won’t be imposing lockdown restrictions on me at 90%. Police can fine me all they want. Absolute madness. Canavan will have a meltdown.

Even Jacinda has revoked her "Covid-Zero" target today. I do thoroughly enjoy how politicians everywhere weasel out of their previous commitments.

We don't want Covid Zero but we do want to aggressively stamp out the virus. Idungeddit...:ugh:

That was always part of the plan though? Not to weasel but to progressively move to living with covid ONCE the vaccine numbers are reached. Gladys just forced it early resulting in more deaths.

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Good luck with getting people vaccinated promptly with no virus about. Look no further than those sand gropers out West and banana benders up North. They lag behind the rest of the country with vaccinations because there's no virus!

The outbreaks that NSW and VIC are experiencing now is the cricket bat to the face that the country needed to collectively wake up the population that they are not immune from this worldwide pandemic.

We are screaming out for a Delta outbreak. Everyone needs a massive kick up the ar$e up here.

Quite astonishing how many people in my local area have no interest in any vaccine. I reckon not even half my street has had it.

Better make sure the chook gets her money for hospitals before that happens but as a safeguard just encourage everyone to get jabbed,it really doesnt hurt!

Vaccine levels would have been adequate with more vaccine supply, much earlier than planned. They had the chance to do so.

Supply would never had been an issue if the government had ordered enough of the stuff in the first place. How many phone calls did Pfizer make to the Health Minister before he picked up the phone (compared to the other way round - like it should've been). Worldwide, governments were making deals in July, ours didn't make one until NOVEMBER and yet we were 'ahead of the queue'. And the media generated hysteria around AZ - talk about an abortion.

But of course both State and Federal governments were resting on their laurels, no covid, we're all safe and it's not a race (to get vaccinated). Complacency set in and Australia is a good six months behind the rest of the world from opening up again (in QLD and WA's case, if ever).

Sydney and Melbourne certainly were the 'outbreaks we had to have' (sorry Mr Keating).

The feds did order enough vaccine they had two choices they made it and supply would never had been an issue. The media tarnished the AZ so bad no one wanted it. The same issue could of happened if they went with Pfizer and it’s issues with the heart.