Coronavirus - Australia
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so, are the Governments (most especially, my state) getting different info to teh rest of us?
Because Comrade Paluszczuk is saying she may not open Queensland until September. Sep-fucking-tember.
You might be able to fly Sydney-Auckland before you can fly Sydney-Brisbane.
So we have yet another Chief Health Officer (who, unfairly or not, looks like she is scared of her own shadow) pretty much ruling out real life because Covid19 still exists.
At this rate, fucking Victoria will open for business before we do.
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It's an interesting game being played by Queensland, SA and WA. It's great political gear for those (very parochial) states: "you dirty cnts from NSW and Victoria can stay in your disease-ridden cities and stay out of our clean paradise".
There is an almighty horde of grey nomads who are revving their 4WDs as we speak, ready to chase the sun up either the east or west coast. I understand the need for a bit of caution given the disaster that would ensue if this virus swept through a caravan park on the Sunshine Coast, but September is questionable.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Australia:
It's an interesting game being played by Queensland, SA and WA. It's great political gear for those (very parochial) states: "you dirty cnts from NSW and Victoria can stay in your disease-ridden cities and stay out of our clean paradise".
There is an almighty horde of grey nomads who are revving their 4WDs as we speak, ready to chase the sun up either the east or west coast. I understand the need for a bit of caution given the disaster that would ensue if this virus swept through a caravan park on the Sunshine Coast, but September is questionable.
i think the Gov't may be sightly misreading the lay of the land. Locking down the state hurts a lot of industries. And no body likes policies that cost jobs.
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Queenslanders are being warned not to assume we have beaten coronavirus and "it is unlikely that we will, ever" despite a large drop in cases.
Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said 42 Queensland cases of COVID-19 have no traceable source, including an infected nurse working at a Rockhampton aged care facility.
"These are the cases that worry me," Dr Young said.
"This is why we cannot assume we have beaten this virus — we haven't.
"It is unlikely that we will, ever.
"We'll have to find ways of managing it and the hope of course is for a vaccine to assist us in that."
So I guess @mariner4life , their way of managing it is being their own little country... Her movement wouldn't be restricted, her pay isn't at threat. She's got no skin in the game. The only thing that would change the direction is polling that demonstrates Paluszczuk is in for a hiding come the election.
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@antipodean and god do i hope that is coming.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean and god do i hope that is coming.
LNP QLD can just sit back and Bradbury the fuck out of it.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean and god do i hope that is coming.
LNP QLD can just sit back and Bradbury the fuck out of it.
it would be a total Bradbury, i can't even name their leader.
I am really hoping our Labor MP gets turfed, he's useless, and the new LNP candidate is great (she was our councellor for years)
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean and god do i hope that is coming.
LNP QLD can just sit back and Bradbury the fuck out of it.
it would be a total Bradbury, i can't even name their leader.
I am really hoping our Labor MP gets turfed, he's useless, and the new LNP candidate is great (she was our councellor for years)
Was thinking exactly that.
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@mariner4life had to Google and apparently it's Freckles, would never have guessed. Tim Mander No.2.
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Businesses suffering economic hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic and state border closures could have a case to put to the High Court, with leading constitutional lawyers saying it’s possible the ongoing restrictions on interstate travel are illegal.
Attorney-General Christian Porter said on Tuesday night that the states needed to carefully consider the economic effects and constitutional limitations of their ongoing border restrictions.
Under section 92 of the Constitution, trade, commerce and the movement of people among the states “shall be absolutely free”. However, the High Court accepts there are exceptions to the rule, including to defend the public’s health.
University of Sydney constitutional law expert Anne Twomey said it was a lot harder now than it was at the start of the pandemic to argue that the border closures were reasonable and imposed for a legitimate end, such as protecting the community from COVID-19, when the number of active cases in Australia was so low.
Professor Twomey said it was “a possibility” that the border closures were unconstitutional.
“If a court is looking at what is reasonably necessary in the circumstances, there’d be consensus the states shutting borders at the start was reasonably necessary,” she told The Australian.
“But it’s much more difficult now the huge numbers of coronavirus cases have reduced significantly and there’s little community transmission … to argue you still need those borders shut.
“You can make a case for it, particularly if you’re trying to exterminate the virus rather than just manage it, but is it purely for a health purpose and is that health purpose reasonably necessary in the circumstances? It would then be up to a court to decide.”
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And in terms of kicking the can down the road:
New figures from the banking industry's peak body show that payments for more than one-in-14 mortgages have been deferred.
The Australian Banking Association revealed repayments on 429,000 mortgages worth $153.5 billion have been put on hold, so far.
"There's an assumption that everybody is going to get their jobs back, and the tenant can start a repayment program of whatever the tenant can afford over the next period of months following that … and everything will go back to normal," Mr McKibbin said.
"I think that is wearing rose-coloured glasses."
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I've limited sympathy for those using investment to negatively gear. Particularly if, as per the quote from the agent "some landlords are faring worse than their tenants".
That is like these people who get mortgages on 95%LVR and then figure out they can't afford it after the first change in rates. If you can't practically identify your own risk, don't invest.
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I like going to functions/ dinners to have people tell me how much they're in debt and all in property. I just smile and mention "diversification" as I try to find someone else to talk to.
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THE FUCK!!!
The Qld health officer is doubling down and not only is September now likely, she is hinting it may be later.
She actually compared us to Spain, New York, and London.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
THE FUCK!!!
The Qld health officer is doubling down and not only is September now likely, she is hinting it may be later.
She actually compared us to Spain, New York, and London.
Seriously?
She's a timid wee thing isn't she?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
THE FUCK!!!
The Qld health officer is doubling down and not only is September now likely, she is hinting it may be later.
She actually compared us to Spain, New York, and London.
My wife will be furious at the idea she can't spend her birthday at home.
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Dropped the wife off at work and noticed a heap more traffic on the road. It's not hard to see why. Overnight confirmed cases increased by two (2) making 609 active confirmed cases in the country.
Since 5th April there has been a 25% increase of confirmed cases, a 90% reduction in those hospitalised (currently only 41 people) and 90% reduction in ICU (currently nine people).
Small wonder people are going about their normal lives as much as possible. The sooner some politicians start getting with the programme, the better.