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Aren’t we lucky in Australia we’ve got a competent PM and federal government who navigated us through this crisis better than the rest of the world.

Thanks ScoMo!
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I'm honestly astonished and impressed that 10,000+ people in the state are still getting tested every day. Like, wouldn't you just presume at this point that there's no chance you have it, even if you have symptoms? Good on them for doing the right thing, anyhow.
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David wrote:I'm honestly astonished and impressed that 10,000+ people in the state are still getting tested every day. Like, wouldn't you just presume at this point that there's no chance you have it, even if you have symptoms? Good on them for doing the right thing, anyhow.
if it's free, people will keep doing it.

Australian's love nothing more than getting something for free.
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Okay, that's the funniest thing I've read today. :lol:
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David wrote:I'm honestly astonished and impressed that 10,000+ people in the state are still getting tested every day. Like, wouldn't you just presume at this point that there's no chance you have it, even if you have symptoms? Good on them for doing the right thing, anyhow.
It's smart, particularly with so much hayfever happening. All we need is a handful of positive cases running around undetected and shit blows up again.

I'm heading up to NSW the day the border opens and I'm taking the old girl to get us both testex a few days before hand
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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David wrote:I'm honestly astonished and impressed that 10,000+ people in the state are still getting tested every day. Like, wouldn't you just presume at this point that there's no chance you have it, even if you have symptoms? Good on them for doing the right thing, anyhow.
It’s probably mostly workplace testing, there are a few high risk industries that have to test their workforce regularly
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eddiesmith wrote:Aren’t we lucky in Australia we’ve got a competent PM and federal government who navigated us through this crisis better than the rest of the world.
Scummo has had sweet bugger-all to do with it. He has had to be pushed and shamed into every significant decision by the various state premiers, who have all made mistakes but been generally very good - and I say that without any party political axe to grind: there are three Liberal premiers and three Labor.
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David wrote:I'm honestly astonished and impressed that 10,000+ people in the state are still getting tested every day. Like, wouldn't you just presume at this point that there's no chance you have it, even if you have symptoms? Good on them for doing the right thing, anyhow.
Absolutely agree.
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People are evacuating the metro area now the ring of chicken wire is down. My next door and across the road neighbours have both loaded the kids up, hitched the caravans and pissed off this arvo.
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Tannin wrote:
eddiesmith wrote:Aren’t we lucky in Australia we’ve got a competent PM and federal government who navigated us through this crisis better than the rest of the world.
Scummo has had sweet bugger-all to do with it. He has had to be pushed and shamed into every significant decision by the various state premiers, who have all made mistakes but been generally very good - and I say that without any party political axe to grind: there are three Liberal premiers and three Labor.
Oh yes that old chestnut, where Dan brought the PM around only to go his seperate way?

Can’t deny we’ve had a highly successful national strategy that 5 premiers and 2 chief ministers adopted and it worked.

The fact the only premier to go against the national strategy completely $@&^# it up shows how good the National strategy was. Well done ScoMo, but instead people want to say well done Dan for getting to the same spot as every other state 6 months late, lol.
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Dan Andrews must have taken over our list management. Any inquiry will show that no one knew who made the decision to trade Treloar, Stevo and Flip.
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0 new cases and 0 new deaths in Victoria for 15 consecutive days.
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Congratulations to Trump on 250,000 deaths in the US. Big effort.
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So apparently Dans response to people wanting to escape Victoria next week is to try and impose Victorian restrictions on Victorians anywhere in Australia

Lol, nice try Dan but no one is going to go to NSW and wear a mask and you’ve got no authority to make them
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I'm out of here Monday with a ute and trailer load.

Once across the border I'm claiming asylum and getting my NSW citizenship restored.
Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down.
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