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While national top health advisors say that there was never any reason to close state borders, state governments chose to do so anyway. Now NSW want to open their borders but most other states are refusing. Here in QLD our chief medical officer wants to see 1 month of zero community transmission before considering opening borders. COVID's not going away so I guess we'll never be opening the borders again.

It's now a competition between the states - whoever keeps the borders closed longest seems to be the smartest. They are slinging their bile at NSW for wanting to open their borders yet having the highest number of infections - how childish is that?

What is wrong with these people?

I've never been a follower of Pauline Hansen but good on her for taking steps to get a constitutional lawyer involved to challenge the government.

Well, looks like travel is being opened up between New Zealand, New South Wales and Victoria. But our beloved QLD state premier, and her beloved chief medical officer, are digging in and going to keep our borders closed. Guess we can't let those filthy southerners in because they harbour that nasty COVID and we'll all die if they get in. Funny how we can travel 150km from home now but only as far as the border - crossing that is surely certain death, but we're all in this together. Oh well, as long as the premier and chief medical officer still have their jobs, I'm happy - would hate to think they become unemployed like those in the tourism industry that their dictations are wiping out. The next state governments can try and sort out the economic mess.

It seems that our rulers hate to relinquish their sense of control. Control freaks drunk on power. Big Brother knows what's best for us....

Your Premier in Qld. seems more like mother superior
in a catholic convent... 😁

why doesn't redneck one nation queen Pauline
take her to task?

Chief Health Minister Dr Jeanette Young is more like the "caring" mother superior. I can't find a good example of a low intelligence dictator to compare with for Anna P. though.

Pauline is threatening to launch a claim against the QLD government for unconstitutional border closure, as is Clive Palmer against the Western Australia government for similar. I'd love to see Pauline and Clive succeed in thier claims, and government heads roll, but it's going to be a tax payer funded battle. Anna reckons the border will be opened before the case gets heard - stupid woman is missing the point and still happy to cripple the economy in the meantime, without any justification and advice to the contrary. Like DBT said, it's all about control.

Looks like Anna P is digging in her heels, it seems that she wants to keep the QLD border closed till September.....despite information to the contrary, to keep us safe. What an officious idiot.

Bet old Joe Be-honkies wouldn't have done it.

Well, I see that idiocy & tyrants are not just limited to the USA.......................

MM

Human nature, I guess....

I've been too speechless to type a response recently. The battle to reopen the borders is on the news every day and a couple of days ago Anna responded to why she was keeping QLD's closed she said that she had been losing sleep over it and didn't want to open too early, have an outbreak and then cause untold economic loss as a result. My jaw hit the ground (again), she doesn't realise that she's causing untold economic loss as a result of what she is doing now. A reporter questioned what basis she had to back her stance especially since it seemed to contradict the advice of many other health advisors, and all she could say to the reporter was how would they feel if the COVID came back and affected someone they knew. Seems like "fear of god" style tactic is an acceptable response. Not something you expect from a leader, in fact a very weak response. I kinda think she's "lost the plot" to the point of incompetence. Doesn't say much about her party either.

She's not doing herself or her party any favours by not being rational or reasonable according to health advice by virologists. Just adding to the hardship of struggling businesses.

So, where is she getting the money for her bid to buy Virgin?

Dutton tore her a new one over that. I believe the QLD government ended up not registering as an interested buyer. Maybe she's upset and taking it out on QLD - if she can't send us into worse debt that way, at least she can cause more financial pain with the borders.

Even the QLD police are pushing for border opening - it's taking them away from more important things.

Isn't Anna P. the one that resisted big Adani coal to
to please the enviro voter... but then went with
Adani to please the unions which support her party...

What happened there/how did she spin that one?




X-AFP Dutton ain't the sharpest tool in the
Aus.cabinet either.

How dumb are AFP?... one of their own working in
the gov. mail room ACT, found a suspicious
package of white powder which he thought might
be Anthrax, so he just cut it open and tasted it on
the premises... LoL.

There was also a security breach at AFP HQ Sydney...
A guy just drove up to the vehicle entry security gate
and said he had an appointment, so they let him in..
he parked it up then got in the lift with an officer from
the anti-terror unit but was unchallenged until they
both got out on the anti terror unit floor together before
it twigged,. They then nabbed him and searched his
vehicle and found weapons.

Imagine the possible outcome is he had Anfo stacked
in his vehicle and opened up with an Uzi....

They can't secure their own HQ from such amateurs
but want you to trust them to keep the nation safe
from shrewd hardcore career terrorists.

We are from the government- we are here to help you.

Have you heard that one?

Help, keep us, the poor helpless sheep safe. Please, please, somebody in Authority, anybody.....

Good, you will be keen to take all the Melburnians then.

Isn't Daniel Andrews the leader of the Vistorian flock.....he had the tightest lockdown in the country, yet the worst result. Now the authorities are scrambling for cover. Security guards rooting quarantined hotel guests, ha, ha....you can't make this stuff up.

Labor party.

Qualification; couldn't organise a fuck in a whorehouse with a fist full of gold.

Now the NSW, Victoria border is closing. The Covid Crock never ends.