realbez posted:

Not so fast Mister Morrison

https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/one-jab-of-astrazeneca-pfizer-barely-inhibits-delta-variant-20210709-p58885.html

quote:

Then, as the conversation started to wind up, Mr Morrison said he wanted to address an old rumour the radio hosts had previously perpetuated.

“Can I clear up one thing from ages ago?” Mr Morrison asked.

The PM went on to address the longstanding rumour he had soiled himself at Engadine McDonald’s, in Sydney’s south, after his beloved Cronulla Sharks lost the grand final in 1997.

“It is the biggest urban myth ever, it is complete and utter rubbish,” Mr Morrison told the hosts today.

“I found the whole thing incredibly amusing, I always joke about it ... it is absolute and total rubbish.”

Tommunist posted:

lmao

Seemlar posted:

Pretty effective smoke bomb to throw into the room to avoid discussing the vaccine rollout or his continued efforts to avoid supporting people in lockdown as much as possible

Animal Friend posted:

https://twitter.com/elle_hunt/status/1416314995806294017

Anidav posted:

Labor will win the next federal election. The newspoll breakdowns state by state show that the biggest swing towards Labor is in Queensland.

That's not a statistical anomaly.

Brisbane is literally the crown to win in the country because the amount of knife's edge Greater Brisbane seats held by the LNP is ridiculous.

Since 2019 Newspoll has gradually been showing evidence of a 5 point swing to Labor in Queensland and a 9 point swing to Labor in WA (whom we don't care about because there's not many seats there to win)

Even the slightest, slightest clue that Queensland swings kinda red next election, the Morrison government is gone.

commie kong posted:

Everyone is going to be suddenly and deeply concerned about China just before the election, probably.

e: might get probed for mentioning China. Not my intent to stir the thread. Just saying they’ve used up “boat people” and there’s another effective distraction available to them.

Tgent posted:

I feel like Frydenberg would be next in line at this point.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Konomex posted:

He was in charge when they choose the vaccine that disproportionately benefitted one of his cabinet members, he was in charge when they picked the people who'd run the rollout, he was in charge when they discovered the alarming clotting side effect, he was in charge when they encouraged people to get it anyway (and did so himself), he was in charge when people started dying. But he doesn't hold the vaccine?

This is some reverse 'I was just following orders' horse poo poo. If the concentration camp guard wasn't responsible, and Hitler wasn't responsible... who the gently caress was responsible?

TheMostFrench posted:

I've seen this posted online a couple of times, and I'm more than confident this isn't an expiry date (2018.07.15). Is there anyone who knows enough about product packaging to answer if boxes like this get date stamped before being labelled? A blank box sitting around for a year or so, which ends up getting the AstraZeneca label printed on it because it fits the appropriate sized vials? I'm really itching to tell people they are wrong and dumb, but I can't get the info I want with terms like "box manufacture printing date" and things of that nature.

Animal Friend posted:

so basically Berejiklian hosed around and found out... and now says the Federal government has to fix poo poo.

I mean if this is what gets the federal government to actually... do something? Then fine. Fine.

Seemlar posted:

At a couple of the press conferences they've said people should accelerate AZ second doses from 12 weeks to 4-6 and accept the compromised long term effectiveness since they can kick that can down the road and deal with it via a third shot or booster at some later time

bell jar posted:

This man will win the 2021 Federal Election

quote:

But the second point, and perhaps the more significant one, is that there is a fundamental difference in the way that Sydney and Melbourne view Covid-19 and all its accompanying carnage – both biological and man-made.

Sydney is a city built on risk. It was a risk for the first white settlers to come here – not to mention the ones who came 40,000 years earlier – and it has been a battleground for survival ever since.

The Peccadillo posted:

There were a couple rear end beatings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI_EKXdHaY

alf_pogs posted:

262 new cases in NSW, with five deaths overnight. that is hosed up.

meteor9 posted:

Spend a good chunk of today trying to figure out *how* to even sign up for a Pfizer in NSW given we're both immune-compromised and have had it heavily recommended over AZ by our docs due to a lot of complications, and jesus christ how dare the LNP blame people for being unvaccinated? Every single remotely close location is all booked out and not even taking future bookings, and beyond that being surrounded by recent cases while we have weak immune-systems is heavy impetus to not go out anyway. What do we even do at this point?

Also minorly miffed that we have no way of getting more snake food without going face first into the heavier covid spots nearby but that's not exactly as important as the little bastard hasn't eaten all winter anyway and probably won't until spring kicks in proper.

Solemn Sloth posted:

Anyone able to find a copy of that photo of the Border Farce billboard telling people Australia isn't safe on a bombed out street?

hooman posted:

Albo: I sleep in a franking credit, do you sleep in a franking credit Morrison?
Morrison: I sleep in a bed, with my God.

EDIT:
"A long-overdue report by the world’s climate scientists will on Monday reveal that global warming is accelerating faster than thought, with temperatures set to punch through the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold by the early 2030s, a decade earlier than anticipated just three years ago."

Animal Friend posted:

kirbysuperstar posted:

https://twitter.com/ElliotJStein/status/1425762284220018690

Animal Friend posted:

466 gj NSW

Budzilla posted:

The next NSW election can't happen soon enough.

snickothemule posted:

Glorious.

Made the mistake of clicking and scrolling for recommended tweets.

https://mobile.twitter.com/M_McCormackMP/status/1427066186357829634

Give Canavan oval office of the year award and a swift kick up the arse on the way out.

Periphery posted:

Gladys was only 7 cases off being officially worse than Victoria despite having the ~*'Harshest Lockdown in the country'*~.