is that because of the virus or the ridiculous isolation rules. What a pathetic nation Australia is, shameful.

Exactly, Australia is pathetic! Reason why S.A business and east coast business are struggling is because the politicians are so hell bent on case numbers. It has even been said here that ppl have had to take 7-14 days off work what normally would be 1-2 days off. People having to isolate because of the close contact rubbish for over 7 days is killing progress. As I’ve said earlier the real factual numbers need to be worked out- going to hospital with a broken leg and testing positive whilst there is a COVID hospital number when it should really be they went to hospital because of the broken leg, that does not make news I guess.

The arrogance of Mcgowan is simply unbelievable.

No border closure can overcome nature. Thats what we are dealing with at the end of the day.

As Keg says, prolonging the inevetable, at the expence of an entire state and perhaps the country.

Moronic.

MCD

Well that's debateable, The issues for us is supply and staff. We can't get what we need and half our own staff are in isolation, the other half can't function without them. We have made the decision we will do the Australia Day thing, then suspend all operations for a month. Hopefully beyond that we will have sufficient supply and staff for a reboot. It's all we can do, we are unable to operate as things are.

I find this very interesting. Yesterday the front page of the West Australian called MM an abject failure. Today it calls him a liar. This newspaper (if you can even call it that, but let’s be honest, it’s the only newspaper West Australians read) used to gush over him only 2 days ago.

What utter crap.

Sorry buzz, can you tell me where I can find another WA newspaper? And I don’t mean online.

Don't change the goal posts Chad. That's not what you said the first time.

Yes it is buzz. You’re trying to change the goalposts. I always said newspaper, and that’s what I meant. Anyway the point is, the only newspaper you can buy in WA has turned on Mark.

See now you are just making yourself look silly.
The Australian newspaper is readily available in WA. As are others to a lesser degree.

Yep true. The Australian however is not a West Australian newspaper.

I would suspect most would understand my point. Arguing about whether you can buy the SMH in Perth is not really what I’m getting at.

Chad said "another WA newspaper", not "another newspaper in WA". Chad is correct.

Yep. They've torn into him:

Mark McGowan’s border backflip: The seven claims the Premier made that don’t stack up


Also to note the two side pieces on the front page. Snap poll saying 70% of WA believes he should have had the health system ready by Feb 5. And mystery cases picked up in random screening. It's already spreading.

Err, no. You said "it’s the only newspaper West Australians read". The West Australian might be the only daily WA newspaper, but it is NOT the only newspaper West Australians read, as you originally claimed. 'National' newspapers such as The Australian and the Australian Financial Review are widely available and are widely read. The Australian has always been extremely critical of McGowan, so it's not like West Australians have never been exposed to anti-McGowan views before now.

Except that's not what he said the first time.

With borders open, things get worse before they get better. With borders closed, things stay the same. You have make your move at some point.

That result is hardly surprising, given the government had already announced it would reopen on 5 Feb. The West asked a question to get the result it wanted. Channel 7 yesterday conducted another poll that asked the question: "Do you agree with McGowan's decision", or something similar. Some 73% of respondents said YES.

Here's another view: ‘Who wants to get sick?’: Why the west will mostly back Mark McGowan

That’s because three-quarters of the population voted for him and place their trust in him to make the best decisions for WA. A day before the announcement, if the question read “should we be opening and do you want to open on 5th FEB, 73% would have said yes. What I’m trying to say is that he has most of WA wrapped around is finger, whatever he says is the right thing to do, they believe it and don’t question it.

It was first reported this would go against Sco Mo and Co for the fed election as they couldn’t get into WA for the campaign and MM could do each way Albanese work for him. It could also have the opposite effect on first glance. I e never looked forward to an election as much as this one, except the last one.

The AFR and Australian have a circulation in WA of about 14,000 and 9,000. The West Australian 130,000. It's also the paper that sits in cafes, doctor's offices etc that people have a quick browse of for a few minutes, and for the last two days for the first time they've been getting very anti-McGowan headlines. Have a look at the West's website as well and you'll see articles mostly disagreeing with this decision. As well as their subsidiary PerthNow website which similarly has about 10x the online viewership in WA than the AFR or Oz.