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Also I looked at their schedules and they are not even flying to DRW at the moment (which was my backup plan), so how do I get up there to quarantine? ARGH ARGH ARGH. My mother is old and has been crying because she hasn't seen me for a year and I thought I had it figured out. :( :( :(

I have had flights for Dec cancelled. In fact, I went to rebook and there were no QF flights at all. Moreover, the automated message their FB messenger person posted to me said the timeframe would be 12 weeks. I don't care about the taxes, I have enough money to cover that. I want the points...

Yes my first thought was: if it's a just a visit, and nobody is actively dying, or dead, you're not going to get an exemption. There are stories all over the media of people who can't get into the country.

Probably. But a) I'm glad the numbers here are low enough that this hasn't been required, and b) I work in a hospital; over the years you see patterns. As long as the decision is based on experience and not racist/ageist/fattist/sexist etc, I'm probably going to be okay with it.

Wow that is insane! My parents live in Childers and we have learnt it's a LOT easier to fly into BDB and avoid the Bruce Hwy altogether after having to run into the terminal to make our flight on one memorable occasion. But THREE HOURS! We would have missed our flight on that day. (we only made...

Pretty sure most of the blame for the above should be laid at the feet of Howard and the LNP

Nonexistant? Didn't she sneak through a golf course and climb several fences?

I think they should have to pay those fines personally. And Cochin stump up the $25K from the first thing. He's the captain, he should have been on this. While the fines are being paid by the clubs, then the players will not learn. And not to mention that if it comes out of the soft cap...

So, for posterity at the end of your rotation: which was the place with the best scallop pie? And the best fish and chips?

Friday afternoon as I was leaving work (large Melb public hospital) I saw an ambo arriving, delivering 500 or so COVID swabs (I can imagine the poor Pathology staff when that arrived after hours!) from the outbreak suburbs. And with their fabulous new high turnaround machine (and the efforts of...

Wow some fantastic buildings - I must have a stroll around next time in Launnie. If we ever get to leave Plague City.

I need to see this video but your description of it makes me livid.

My point about casuals is that they do not get paid for sick days, therefore are more likely to continue to work when sick, and resist testing in case they are forced to stop working. (also keep in mind that you only get your $1500 if you test positive, which means 2-3 days off work while you...

Well that's not the message Uncle Dan was peddling. "Limit travel" doesn't include a jaunt up to Kyneton and lunch, surely?

Yes, but as a good citizen, when we have been told to limit movement out of our LGA, that's what we are doing. Sure if I wanted to go to a local restaurant, I could do that, and know I was complying, but we wanted to head out to the country this weekend for some fresh air.

I've been saying this all along. This is the inevitable result of the Liberal's much-touted "more flexible labour market" (more flexible of course being code for more people employed as cheap casuals without benefits or sick leave). This is just another reason neo-liberalism has failed us. I'm...

Very interesting. We loved JAL and Japan when we last flew to Europe.

Refused permission to leave Australia, or to enter their destination countries? What's awful for us is the knowledge that if someone in MrSuze's family catches it, we won't be able to go over there and will have to watch on helplessly. He's British, so the chances are fairly high. :( But we are...

Even before this announcement, I made the decision then sadly rang my mum and told her I wasn't going to book flights to see her until this surge is brought under control. If I knew where the quarantine hotels were, and had enough money, I might consider a two-week stint on arrival in BNE but if...

Untrue. They DO have a choice. They can choose not to travel here. And before anyone wails about compassionate cases, I'm old enough to remember when we feared the phone ringing in the middle of the night because it heralded news of a disaster on the other side of the country, that we could...