Yeah just as you think that Australia suffers an almost universal staffing shortage, our hospitals fill up even further, people continue to suffer with long COVID and winter is just starting.
.... Lots of reason to laugh.
I'm not personally laughing but lets also not over-react, again.
- Staffing shortage is primarilyl because of prolonged border closures, a government decision
- Hospitals filling up is because people aren't sufficiently vaccinated (75%+ of people in hospital have only had 2 vaccines or less = basically unprotected)
- Having up to date (3rd/4th shot / 1st/2nd booster depending on your interval timing) is now linked to having excellent protection against long covid, so again people should be rushing to get their boosters up to date...
- Winter is actually in its last month, just finishing - I think you have your calender mixed up
Regardless it is a little strange that VA2 have cancelled the event again, there is no guidelines that would require this, infact the QLD government are still heavily promoting the Spring events season for gatherings 1000x larger than this.
And as others have pointed out again and again, why not just do a virtual event if they can't execute an in person event, for whatever reason....?