Centusin posted:

People in Indonesia are wanting their government to try and buy unwanted AZ from us, so there is a place we could send whatever we produce in the future to, in addition to the pacific island countries we already have agreements with. But I guess Morrison wouldn't love the optics of sending a large amount overseas while Australians remain unvaccinated either.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/we-are-in-need-of-vaccines-indonesians-eye-australia-s-unwanted-astrazeneca-20210701-p58610.html

Eediot Jedi posted:

They hadn't already suspended mutual obligation arrangements???

Halo14 posted:

Oh NOW they restrict movement to 10km. Great job you muppets.

Sierra Madre posted:

See, this makes me think that we probably will be in rolling lockdowns up to the election, because this comes across as desperately scrambling to cover for a lack of new doses that can meet our current demand. The PM is trying to get doctors to say that AstraZeneca is better than we think, and that tells me that we're not getting more Pfizer anytime soon.

Sierra Madre posted:

Yes, but why would he say it's alright for younger people in the first place, in the face of changing opinions from medical experts?

hooman posted:

For those of us who are out of the loop has NSW actually defined essential workers?

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Also, can't believe they voted down the $300 vaccination incentive because it was "an insult" to the Australian people - as decided by people making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

alf_pogs posted:

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

ShoeFly posted:

He snuck out to preach in Mexico last month

hooman posted:

Has anyone discussed what they're going to do about like children? Are we going to start vaccinating them too, or are we just going to accept that covid is going to hospitalise a bunch of kids.

The Peccadillo posted:

Long covid is pretty hosed, and kids ... are plagued with getting wheezy and dumber and chronically tired regardless of how bad their infection was.

BrigadierSensible posted:

So apart from the one glaring difference between the two, (Dan did a hard harsh lockdown that eventually brought the cases/deaths down vs Gladys's half arsed piecemeal soft lockdowns where the number seems to be growing and spreading geographically), what else could be the difference between perceptions of popularity?

Animal Friend posted:

NSW press conferences have been getting stupider by the day to the point where they're now just doing a Clarke and Dawe knockoff.

PalaNIN posted:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08...post-1202981646

The amount of exceptions and loopholes in NSW rules are huge. Strict lockdown my rear end.

x1o posted:

That was the same rule in Victoria as well with its 5km limit.

quote:

Authorised workers who work outside their LGA of concern are only permitted to work if rapid antigen testing is implemented at their work-site or they have had their first vaccination dose by 30 August.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

finally

https://twitter.com/pmc_gov_au/status/1429624446143377413

freebooter posted:

Why would I be frightened of dawn

fappenmeister posted:

Why does Scotty keep saying and doing conflicting things ALL the time? Who is he fighting internally? I don't understand and it's exhausting trying to keep up with his constant barrage of insincere platitudes and bullshit.

Gentleman Baller posted:

I didn't watch the press conference, but this easing of restrictions for fully vaccinated people thing, did they say how police were going to confirm people's vaccination status?

abigserve posted:

I hope the rest of Australia stays safe long enough to get our kids vaccinated. That's the "light at the end of the tunnel" for me. Quite frankly the idea of opening up while everyone under the age of 16 is at risk is abhorrent to me.

Comstar posted:

Does Jobseeker still need you to look for 20 jobs a week? It's been awhile since I needed to worry about...that sort of thing.

Konomex posted:

When all is said and done, assuming Morrison's wife outlives him. I want to watch a multi-part miniseries interview with her with re-enactments. I want to know what she was thinking and why she stuck by this utter wretch of a human being. Did she have a traumatic upbringing and latched onto the first thing with a pulse never to let go? Is it secretly amazingly hung and she doesn't give a gently caress about the politics, he's just somehow that good?

Why is she with this man?

Periphery posted:

Edit because gently caress Gladys:

quote:

"In fact if you look at the trajectory of where Victoria's case numbers are going, I will let people make those comparisons themselves, but having been through this, we know how quickly case numbers get up to where we are now.

"And, had we not taken the measures we had, they would have been much higher."

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

bowmore posted:

it’s gonna be hard to stop unvaccinated people from breaking lockdown when a bunch of people are allowed out, hiding in plain sight

JBP posted:

A small price to pay for the freedom of millions.

abigserve posted:

lol what possible reasoning is there for cancelling the daily updates

alf_pogs posted:

I assume she's bailed because giving out even vague information about all the upcoming deaths is just going to take hours and hours

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

what is this?

https://twitter.com/BevanShields/status/1438097309619957764

Solemn Sloth posted:

Just heard Scott Morrison say nuclear subs are the first initiative under Orcus, so uh all hail the prince of undeath I guess

quote:

Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths

Solemn Sloth posted:

Are you saying we would have been better off if there were subs in Darwin and Sydney got bombed? Because if so I agree

I would blow Dane Cook posted: