Coronavirus - Australia
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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.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The sooner some politicians start getting with the programme, the better.
which program is that? The one where they are trying to get re-elected?
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The sooner some politicians start getting with the programme, the better.
which program is that? The one where they are trying to get re-elected?
It seems to me that Paluszczuk is happy for it to drag on as it takes the attention way from the corruption scandal.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The sooner some politicians start getting with the programme, the better.
which program is that? The one where they are trying to get re-elected?
It seems to me that Paluszczuk is happy for it to drag on as it takes the attention way from the corruption scandal.
Jackie Trad?
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The sooner some politicians start getting with the programme, the better.
which program is that? The one where they are trying to get re-elected?
It seems to me that Paluszczuk is happy for it to drag on as it takes the attention way from the corruption scandal.
Jackie Trad?
again...
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@mariner4life I did love Dutton having a swipe at the QLD ALP state government for its poor behaviour.
Probably right in between forgetting to declare rental properties.
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@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life I did love Dutton having a swipe at the QLD ALP state government for its poor behaviour.
Probably right in between forgetting to declare rental properties.
Having Dutton and Hansen on my side was nearly enough to change my attitude entirely