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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25024 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Melbourne has the killer Indian variant. Reply #405 - Jun 9^th, 2021 at 10:37pm Some Victorian snuck in Qld and coughed. Perhaps if they hung around the NSW State of Origin team, they would have given Qld a chance in game 1.
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Reply #406 - Jun 10^th, 2021 at 12:53pm

Victoria’s plans to lift lockdown going ahead
despite four new mystery cases

https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/victorias-plans-to-lift-lock...

Victoria’s plans to lift lockdown tonight will still go ahead, with one strict new rule because of the emergence of four new mystery cases.

Ben Graham

June 10, 202112:31pm

Victoria’s plans to lift lockdown tonight will still go ahead, with strict mask rules in place, despite the emergence of four new local cases with no identifiable source.

Acting Premier James Merlino said the state will continue to take “cautious next steps” from 11:59pm tonight, by easing restrictions, adding that the state is “moving ahead but we are on high alert”.

As an added precaution, he said masks will now still be mandatory at all times while outdoors.

“We’ve always said that, when we could ease restrictions, based on that advice, we would,” he said.

“We also said yesterday – and we’ve been saying every single day – this is not over yet and the risks of this virus will be a factor in our lives in the long term and in the short term so in the short, that means we are moving ahead but we are on high alert and the public health advice is very, very clear.”

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Reply #407 - Jun 10^th, 2021 at 1:05pm

bobby.

as long as the pollies get to hold press conferences every day.

they would go into withdrawal if they didnt.

we will need pfizer to develop a patch to help them wean off daily press conferences.

the chief health officers are even more addicted.

i dont know if they can be saved.

once they arent in the limelight anymore, they will probably need to be put in some sort of assylum because their fragile egos wont cope with going back to being boring health bureaucrats

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Reply #408 - Jun 10^th, 2021 at 1:08pm

aquascoot wrote on Jun 10^th, 2021 at 1:05pm:

bobby.

as long as the pollies get to hold press conferences every day.

they would go into withdrawal if they didnt.

we will need pfizer to develop a patch to help them wean off daily press conferences.

the chief health officers are even more addicted.

i dont know if they can be saved.

once they arent in the limelight anymore, they will probably need to be put in some sort of assylum because their fragile egos wont cope with going back to being boring health bureaucrats

Hi Aqua buddy,
The fact is that the lockdown is still on.
After tonight we still can't have any home visitors and
we need to wear masks outdoors even if we
are 100 meters away from anyone else.

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Reply #409 - Jun 10^th, 2021 at 1:09pm

Bobby. wrote on Jun 10^th, 2021 at 1:08pm:

aquascoot wrote on Jun 10^th, 2021 at 1:05pm:

bobby.

as long as the pollies get to hold press conferences every day.

they would go into withdrawal if they didnt.

we will need pfizer to develop a patch to help them wean off daily press conferences.

the chief health officers are even more addicted.

i dont know if they can be saved.

once they arent in the limelight anymore, they will probably need to be put in some sort of assylum because their fragile egos wont cope with going back to being boring health bureaucrats

Hi Aqua buddy,
The fact is that the lockdown is still on.
After tonight we still can't have any home visitors and
we need to wear masks outdoors even if we
are 100 meters away from anyone else.

Hardly a lcokdown. Get a grip.

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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Reply #410 - Jun 13^th, 2021 at 4:30pm

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/andrews-government-secretly-negotiat...

Andrews government secretly negotiating
permanent pandemic laws to replace state of emergency

By Michael Fowler
June 13, 2021 — 5.00am

The Andrews government is secretly negotiating with three crossbenchers to introduce specific pandemic laws that would permanently replace controversial state of emergency powers and significantly change the way the state manages COVID-19 this year.

Demands made by the powerful crossbenchers in return for their support include a requirement that police record the racial appearance of people they stop or fine for breaching health directions, and that the government is forced to be more transparent with the information and trigger points behind interventions such as lockdowns. Disadvantaged Victorians would also be exempted or pay reduced fines if found contravening restrictions.

State of emergency laws have been active in Victoria since last March as the legal instrument that allows authorities to enforce a range of public health commands, including lockdowns, mandatory mask wearing and 14-day quarantine.

The Age can reveal the government is designing the new laws to cover all future pandemics, not just the coronavirus pandemic. It is intended that they will be in place by December, when the current state of emergency provisions expire, and a first draft is expected within the next two months.

The pandemic legislation will be permanently shaped by the demands of three upper-house crossbenchers: Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick, Reason Party MP Fiona Patten and Greens leader Samantha Ratnam.

These 3 low-life cross bencher scum have sold out Victorians to Marxist DictatorDan

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Reply #411 - Jun 13^th, 2021 at 5:28pm

bobby,

politicians are LOVING the pandemic.

they get their mugs on TV every day and they arent hit with the difficult problems of the latest apex gang heist, the hopsital waiting lists, the latest traffic chaos, the overcrowding on pulbic transport, the falling literacy in schools.

instead they get to talk (andthey do so looooove the sound of their own voice) and they get to be heroic by "not putting a price on a human life".

as such. like a druggie that has discovered cocaine, they are never going to wean themselves off this drama.

they loooooooooove it

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Re: Melbourne has the killer Indian variant.
Reply #412 - Jun 16^th, 2021 at 10:20am

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-16/three-new-covid-cases-recorded-in-victori...

posted 1 hour ago.

Victoria has reported three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases,

as the state anticipates an announcement on the possible easing of restrictions from Friday.

Key points:

Five cases were officially reported, but two had already been announced on Tuesday
There were 17,538 test results received and 14,870 vaccination doses were delivered at state-run sites
South Melbourne Market has been listed as an exposure site for June 12

The state officially recorded a total of five new local cases on Tuesday, which includes two cases revealed by authorities at a Tuesday afternoon press conference, which are both linked to a Southbank apartment complex outbreak.

The health department said the three new cases revealed today were linked to current outbreaks.

There were 17,538 test results received and 14,870 vaccination doses were delivered at state-run sites.

Testing locations at St Vincent's Hospital, Alfred Health, Montague Street in South Melbourne, and Aughtie Walk in Albert Park reached capacity by 10:00am Wednesday.

A further easing of Melbourne's lockdown restrictions is expected to be announced today, including the end of the 25-kilometre travel limit.

Senior state government ministers and health officials are meeting this morning to finalise the details of the new arrangements.

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