Police Blitz

What is the source of that document? How old is it?

It does not have any branding upon it to indicate it came from an official source. A link to a site where we can download the up-to-date info is what we require.

Fair comment, Peter.

It was cut and paste from this NSW Govt web page. Scroll down a bit.

And yet, here in SA, we can take our boat out fishing (just for exercise and food procurement, you understand, not for pleasure)...

Cheers, Mark

The trouble is that these checkpoints are on the main roads. There are many possibilities to skirt around those points. Apparently there are heaps of caravanners who have done just that and have gone to Busselton and other locations around the south.

Nomadic Navara, are you sure about that? At the time of this announcement, they clearly stated and showed patrols out on the dirt tracks. They specifically said this was not just going to be main road blocks as they are well aware that people will attempt to bypass them but they are working ahead of that. They have plenty of resources because crime is down. Any caravanners that are attempting to flaunt the system is just spoiling it for the rest of us. I really hope they aren't doing this and posting about it on facebook or social media. Where did you hear of this?

In CF - https://www.caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=151&t=85126&p=1291503&hilit=Busselton#p1291503

As I said you can't leave your area - that link talks about people going from Perth to Mandurah (allowed) or from within country SW to coastal SW (allowed) which means they aren't circumventing checkpoints.

But to go from Perth to Busselton would mean bypassing a checkpoint, which is not permitted and police have stated very clearly that they have setup other checkpoints on the feeder roads/side roads in an effort to stop people that are trying to bypass the checkpoints - they clearly state that you must not leave your area and furthermore this Easter they doing everything they can to insist people don't go camping, don't go away this Easter, stay home.

The info in your link is not factual and is just heresay anyway. "Apparently, people are ....."
It's all just fake news. The only fact is - stay home.

Looks like Nat Fyffe cant follow rules..

Is this the incident you are referring to? -Nat Fyffe - If you read down you will see a heading - Police confirm no offence committed

Yes Nomadic. Last I read was police are investigating. Look likes he is all clear....unlike many others ..

A example,The NRL.

"A example,The NRL."

Who won't do anything unless approved by Health authorities and the Federal/State governments.

A very poor example. You've obviously got an axe to grind.

Regards

Agree Gramps. Some people are only happy when they are miserable.
OBJ

NRL is completely non essential - it should be stopped until this is all over.

But no. they are planning to test players for covid - even though the general population cannot get tests unless they meet particular criteria - and then accommodate them on some island in QLD then play rest of the comp in Qld - absolute nonsense.

They get tests just because they are NRL players because they want to continue playing, not because they are eligible for tests - what a crook.

OzzieCruiser,

The NRL has been stopped for over two weeks.

Just the same as the AFL, Rugby Union, A-League and other businesses, they are trying to provide employment for their employees and associated businesses if they possibly can. This is all with the involvement of relevant Health and State/Federal governments.

Do you seriously expect any business to just sit and twiddle their thumbs waiting until this is all over ? For God's sake, hairdressers are now considered essential services in some States.

If they can get Covid Tests, good luck to them. If you can't, tough titties. That's life.

Regards

So Gramps , how is a footballer so special that they can get tested for Covid 19 when there is in FACT a severe shortage of not only the test kits but even the longer swabs required ? Our regional hospital has LESS than 80 test kits available , that encompasses 5 towns , the next regional hospital that services 3 towns but has an overall larger population has less than 50 test kits available ....What ? NRL footballers should all get tested so you can watch your 'footy' while others cannot even get tested including 'essential' medical staff ....

Alloy c/t etc,

Show me where NRL players are/have or will be tested? A few imaginations have run wild over this topic.

Regards

No Gramps - find out what the non essential NRL is planning to get their games going again - special rules for Covid testing for NRL players that no one else can get.

OzzieCruiser,

As per reply above:

"If they can get Covid Tests, good luck to them. If you can't, tough titties. That's life."

Regards

The point is that the little darlings can get tests that no one else can get - the NRL is non essential they should not be wasting our precious little test kits.

OzzieCruiser & Alloy c/t,

We've hijacked this thread long enough. My apologies to Vince M (NSW).

You've both banged on with this TOTALLY unsubstantiated allegation that the NRL is wasting our precious test kits. Where is your proof? Time to put up or shut up gentlemen. Your petty little biases are showing once again.

Regards

Gramps is right. Time to call a halt and move on.

Yes Gramps is right to make the point about thread diversion - but then continues to bang on himself again.

I quote "We've hijacked this thread long enough. My apologies to Vince M (NSW).

You've both banged on with this TOTALLY unsubstantiated allegation that the NRL is wasting our precious test kits. Where is your proof? Time to put up or shut up gentlemen. Your petty little biases are showing once again."

Just like some of the group of “Aspen Skiers” that on their return to Melbourne, decided to go to their holiday houses on the Mornington Peninsula. Instead of self isolating, played golf, went shopping, ate out in restaurants, and brought the COVID-19 virus to the peninsula where previously there had not been a positive test. Now it has developed into a “hot spot”.

Macca.

Sorry Gramps but both NSW and Vic govts have publicly stated they have no heard anything from the NRL in relation to their proposals. The NRL is willing to try anything it can at this stage.. Like many others I dont think they understand just how dangerous this virus can become if we loosen our belts too early and think we are on top of it..

Gee I love it when a plan comes together LOL

regards

Yes, they need to claw the money back. Doesn’t grow on trees.

Offenders shouldn’t be offended.

We need to do what needs to be done and get this behind us. Anyone who thinks they’re a special case deserve to cop it.

Obviously taxes will have to be increased to pay back the $130+ billion. People can’t just expect to stand with their hands out all the time & not have to repay. Fortunately the countries finances were in a reasonable state prior to all the drama.

But unfortunately the ones that will end up paying the extra tax won't necessarily be the ones getting the benefits.

It doesnt matter smwhiskey who pays or gets a benefit. We all pay at some times in our lives and by the looks of things Oz is a hell of a lot better off than 99% of the world. Only two things certain in life....death and taxes.

The ones that pay back the debt are the ones that get to live. Sounds fair to me. Put the same question to New Yorkers.

Officially around 18,000 deaths in America. Actual figure will be 10-20% higher as those who didnt die in a hospital are not counted...so 20,000 plus....thats just plain scary. Maybe some of the hill-billy preppers had the right idea after all..

Better yet, maybe ask the Italians or Spanish!?! Far more deaths per capita in those countries.

The COVID-19 global map is in the link below. We are doing very well, as compared to the rest of the world.

COVID-19 Global Map

With 25M population and only 61 deaths - half of which came from cruise ships - the Govt has done the right thing by going in fast and hard.

The alternative was the Swedish model where they didn't inhibit movement. With a population in Sweden of just over 10M, and 899 deaths currently, I know whose Govt has the better results.

A bit of short-term economic pain is O.K., to prevent a disaster that would've overwhelmed our health system.

As it is now, elective surgery is off the cards for a few months yet - that would've become years, if the COVID-19 virus went out of control.

Remember, this isn't any ordinary 'flu. It's a new strain of virus never before seen in humans, its behaviour is erratic, we have inadequate information on how it operates, and we have no vaccine against it.

What we do need is consistency in police approach towards "approved activities", and relaxation of virus regulations, as soon as possible, to prevent outright civil disobedience, once people see the chances of the virus spreading widely, reduced to a very low level.

Cheers, Ron.

From my view point Australia, Australians, businesses, emergency workers and the police have done a first rate job in containing the virus. The media cause a lot of problems with their style of reporting, doom and gloom, conjecture and the art of blowing small incidents out of proportion. You see lots of press about the police and isolated cases of bad judgement by a few, but having had a lot of contact with them over the years. I have always found the vast majority really good.

I had a look at why the Spanish Flu was called that and it had nothing to do with Spain. Spain being a neutral country during WW1 had no blackout on their press, so they were the ones to blow the whistle on the 1919 flu and many returning solders came back with it.

It is a pity lessons learned from that outbreak weren't used by quite a few countries including the ones that are seen as the top of the world heap.