Columbo
Never again
Are they?
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THE VIRUS 2020 - the good, the bad, and the ugly
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rj90
Yeah, Nah.
Correct, then when told it was their own fault for preventing domestic tourism, said 'Oh no, it's the Federal Government's fault for closing the International borders'. Yet a NSW resident was banned from entering and spending their hard earned dollars in Queensland.
Queensland contributed nothing to the economy for a good chunk of the financial year. When it comes time to hand out the GST revenue, they should get the smallest percentage possible. States that do the heavy lifting should be rewarded with a larger piece of the pie.
Speaking of Queensland. To all of you complaining about the vaccine rollout.
thewest.com.au
What do you think of their decision to completely halt AZ vaccines in vaccination hubs and not vaccine until everyone gets the Pfizer or Moderna one?
Qld govt abandons AZ for Pfizer, Moderna
Queensland will set up mass vaccination hubs for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at the end of the year, but not the AstraZeneca jab despite having supplies.
thewest.com.au
What do you think of their decision to completely halt AZ vaccines in vaccination hubs and not vaccine until everyone gets the Pfizer or Moderna one?
Columbo
Never again
Speaking of Queensland. To all of you complaining about the vaccine rollout.
Qld govt abandons AZ for Pfizer, Moderna
Queensland will set up mass vaccination hubs for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at the end of the year, but not the AstraZeneca jab despite having supplies.
What do you think of their decision to completely halt AZ vaccines in vaccination hubs and not vaccine until everyone gets the Pfizer or Moderna one?
Smart choice by a great leader in the Qld Premier.
Goes against the rhetoric of this thread.
Columbo
Never again
How so?
Everyone here pushing for people to be vaccinated and to get the vaccine as soon as possible.
Columbo
Never again
Well I'm not doing that. I'd rather be more cautious.
Ok. I am waiting for the Novavax.
Columbo
Never again
What about moderna?
Too similar to Pfizer. No idea why we ordered that one.
Columbo
Never again
Oh no, that's a shame.
Novavax uses the same form of technology as the tetanus vaccine. Both protein subunit vaccines.
Columbo
Never again
I wonder why that hasn't been promoted as the main vaccine?
No idea. It is also similar tech to the hepatitis B vaccine.
It’s Not
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I think premiers who are saying "put our state first" are doing what the state people want. QLD, WA and TAS (2 lab, 1 lib) premiers have all said they are putting their states first and closing borders if they have to. All three have won their state elections in the past few months. From what I have read WA and TAS are very vulnerable and they would not be able to cope if an serious outbreak happened in their states. A lot of people would die. SA (libs) seems to have a lockdown as well when there are community cases. NSW (in cahoots with the Federal Government) seem to be the only one ok having open borders.
Premiers are probably seeing what happened last year in Victoria too and don't want to go down that route. All of the scrutiny Dan Andrews has been under is a nightmare for anyone and possibly politically career ending. Better to be safe than sorry.
Premiers are probably seeing what happened last year in Victoria too and don't want to go down that route. All of the scrutiny Dan Andrews has been under is a nightmare for anyone and possibly politically career ending. Better to be safe than sorry.
Columbo
Never again
Hooray for novax!
It’s Not
Well-Known Member
At the end of the day it is very states at wars. There is a state rivalry culture in Australia. I prefer to see us all as one but the states are pitted against each other and part of it does come down to Liberal vs. Labor. I highly doubt the microscope scrutiny Dan Andrews has been under would have happened as much if Victoria was running a Liberal government.
Columbo
Never again
Yeah Murdoch and his puppets would probably be leading the charge for a statue to be built in his honour!
rj90
Yeah, Nah.
Whilst correct, winning their election had more to do with a lack of viable alternatives in those states, rather than voters being overwhelmingly happy with their pandemic response. Queensland & WA in particular had terrible alternatives that were never going to upset the status quo. The WA candidate even admitted defeat before election day.
That isn't to take away from their success in handling the pandemic, as WA & Tasmania's Premiers have done fairly well (Queensland, not so much).
Ultimately, when we stop trying to make the pandemic response a Liberal v Labor issue, and start responding as AUSTRALIANS we will be better off. The constant politicising of this issue, namely from Scott Morrison, Annastacia Palaszczuk and Dan Andrews (who interestingly sit at opposite ends of the political spectrum) will be Australia's downfall in moving forward once this is all over.