lagrange wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:04 pm
Quite a statement from someone from the land of the big white Boris. I can only assume its inspired by jealousy ......... who would you rather have as your PM?

Boris, any day.

God'sGift wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 1:53 pm I guess NZ will have to close their borders in and out, for another 2 years now

Manna from heaven for liberal-fascismo Supreme Ardern

Wrong country. Australia is the country that won't let people leave.
New Zealand and Australia are not the same country btw.

The graphs that show Australia's achievement in stopping second-wave Covid outbreak
A visual comparison of the country’s epidemic curve compared with other nations
Nick Evershed
Wed 28 Oct 2020 00.24 GMT

The Australian state of Victoria has achieved a remarkable reduction in Covid-19 case numbers after a lengthy period of restrictions.

To put this achievement in context – Australia has done what very few countries have achieved in effectively suppressing a second-wave outbreak from a high point of more than 700 new cases a day. Victoria has now recorded only two cases in three days and lockdown restrictions are being eased.

Here’s a visual comparison of Australia’s epidemic curve compared with a number of other countries, scaled to make comparing the shape of curves easier.
In Europe, a number of countries which all had similar figures to Australia for new cases per million people in and around August, have had significant increases in cases over the past few months:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/databl ... d-outbreak

South Australia to end Covid lockdown early as premier 'fuming' over pizza lie
Steven Marshall says state would not have gone into six-day lockdown if it had been known man had worked at Woodville Pizza Bar
Josh Taylor

Fri 20 Nov 2020 05.10 GMT
South Australia’s six-day lockdown will end three days early at midnight on Saturday after it was revealed a male who tested positive for Covid-19 had lied to contact tracers over working in a pizza bar where another case had worked.

The state’s premier, Steven Marshall, made the admission after contact tracers further investigated a male with Covid-19 who claimed to have only picked up a pizza from the Woodville Pizza Bar.

A security guard who tested positive from the Peppers medi-hotel for returned travellers had a second job at the restaurant, and because the person claimed to have just been a customer, health authorities feared a wide range of people may have been exposed to Covid-19 through casual transmission at the pizza bar.

After determining the person had in fact worked at the bar a number of times and was not simply a customer, he was deemed a close contact of the security guard who also worked there.

“To say I am fuming about the actions of this individual is an absolute understatement,” Marshall said.

“The selfish actions of this individual have put our whole state in a very difficult situation. His actions have affected businesses, individuals, family groups and is completely and utterly unacceptable.”

Marshall admitted the state would not have gone into its strict six-day lockdown if this information had been known at the time earlier this week, but said at the time it was “the absolute correct decision.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... -pizza-lie

The Victorian example, where it rapidly escalated from 0 - 700 cases/day is quelled. No new community transmission cases for 12 days.
Now SA, where they will likely get the same result after 2-3 dozen cases total - demonstrates the beast can be tamed.

So I would be a bit of a self centred prick if i winged about the international travel restrictions, wouldn't i?
Most Aussies have suddenly realised that postponing their 10 day holiday in Bali is not the end of the world. (Kiwis never thought that)
"No wuckers, lets rediscover our own country again, and reclaim the best resorts from the invading foreign tourist herds"

Me, i learned how to suck eggs and accept that life has harsh realities a long time ago..

UPDATE 1 December 2020
- Western Australia announced it would open its border to Victoria and New South Wales from next Tuesday 8 December. Nobody from the two states will need to quarantine when entering WA.

NSW hotspots - latest Covid-19 outbreak:
19 December 2020
New South Wales health authorities have updated a list of hotspots where Covid-positive people have visited while infectious.
Those who attended some locations must isolate immediately for 14 days after you were last there, others must monitor for symptoms.
Here’s an overview of the state’s current hotspots and what to do if you’ve visited them. More detailed information is available at the NSW Health website.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... -locations

Travel restrictions:
17h ago 22:42
Here’s the run down on the travel restrictions currently in place for New South Wales, via AAP:

Western Australia – Anyone who enters WA from NSW must self-isolate for 14 days. Those already in WA must self-quarantine for 14 days, starting from the date they were last on the northern beaches.
South Australia – Anyone in SA who has recently arrived from NSW should follow NSW Health advice by self-isolating for 14 days and getting tested if they have visited any of the venues on NSW’s health alert list.
Northern Territory – Anyone who enters NT from Sydney’s Northern Beaches Council area will need to undergo 14 days of supervised quarantine.
Queensland – Anyone who enters Queensland and has been on Sydney’s northern beaches since 11 December must get tested and self-isolate for 14 days since their last visit to the region. From Saturday, all people who have been on the northern beaches and want to enter Queensland will be forced into hotel quarantine.
ACT – Anyone who enters the ACT and has been on Sydney’s northern beaches since 11 December must get tested and self-isolate.
Victoria – Anyone who enters Victoria from Sydney’s northern beaches must get tested and go into mandatory hotel quarantine for 14 days. People from greater Sydney are encouraged to get tested and isolate until results come back.
Tasmania – Anyone who has visited the Northern Beaches Council area since 11 December, as well as the Kirribilli Club, Penrith RSL and Gannons Park in Peakhurst at various times between December 11 and December 14, is barred from entering Tasmania.
- AAP

Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:33 pm

Brody wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 10:47 am

I bet her name's Karen.

Hopefully what happened after the camera shut off was a bit of 'offender sustained injury while resisting arrest'.