Australian state border restrictions

Due to border closures I missed seeing my aunt one last time before she passed away this week in Brissie. No chance of attending the funeral either. We were lucky to visit in December but she didn't get to meet our newest family member.
 
Due to border closures I missed seeing my aunt one last time before she passed away this week in Brissie. No chance of attending the funeral either. We were lucky to visit in December but she didn't get to meet our newest family member.

Disgusting. Id love to know what other country in the world justifies this, and how the lockdown lovers explain that we’re the universal moral high ground.
 
Disgusting. Id love to know what other country in the world justifies this, and how the lockdown lovers explain that we’re the universal moral high ground.
Sadly many countries, eg UK until this last July although its opening up in recent times. Christmas last year was a very solitary household event for everyone in UK.
 
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No, it was only a solitary event for those who happen to be single. Another of the ‘great forgotten’ in this ongoing saga.
So many 'forgottens' in this pandemic. The elderly locked up in nursing homes not able to see the only people who are important to them. And elderly just don't know how much longer they have to live. Save them physically, harm them mentally and emotionally.
 
It's a big concern but it's also one that's really easily managed. There's a lot of empty space in outback WA. Realistically, there are few places on the planet so well designed for isolation of areas. If we stop being brainwashed by State borders, the country could be divided up much more conveniently for quarantine purposes.
Sounds like Woomera. And there’s already a really friendly facility there.
 
So many 'forgottens' in this pandemic. The elderly locked up in nursing homes not able to see the only people who are important to them. And elderly just don't know how much longer they have to live. Save them physically, harm them mentally and emotionally.
My mother is 91, and pretty frail. She sees these lockdowns as stealing what very limited time she has left. Lost two of her friends in the last couple of months, without being able to see them or go to funerals. Her brother is also getting close to the end, but of course, she has to be saved from covid, so she cannot see him; even though she lives in an area with zero cases. Ever.

And yet I see that our local political jerk has today posted a ‘poor me’ photo, as he has Father’s Day with his wife and two children.
 
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My mother is 91, and pretty frail. She sees these lockdowns as stealing what very limited time she has left. Lost two of her friends in the last couple of months, without being able to see them or go to funerals. Her brother is also getting close to the end, but of course, she has to be saved from covid, so she cannot see him; even though she lives in an area with zero cases. Ever.

And yet I see that our local political jerk has today posted a ‘poor me’ photo, as he has Father’s Day with his wife and two children.
The lack of compassion and understanding for the aged who have limited time left is astounding. Safe from Covid - maybe, but that's all. If I was in my 80 - 90 year age group then a hug from family is so more important. None of my parents/in law lived past 85, three of them went in their 50-70 year age. I'd be getting desperate. Actually, I'd take my own steps.
 
The Honourable Mr McGowan of Western Australia has walked back on another aspect of the national plan, as his 80% vaccination target will include 12+ not 16+ per the national agreement/Doherty modelling.
 
The Honourable Mr McGowan of Western Australia has walked back on another aspect of the national plan, as his 80% vaccination target will include 12+ not 16+ per the national agreement/Doherty modelling.
He must have been chatting to the ACT Chief Minister! His view is the same.
 
He must have been chatting to the ACT Chief Minister! His view is the same.
The Honourable Mr McGowan of Western Australia has walked back on another aspect of the national plan, as his 80% vaccination target will include 12+ not 16+ per the national agreement/Doherty modelling.
If it means he opens and stays open it's a small price to pay - a couple of weeks. Can be done at schools.
 

I saw a snippet of two sisters complaining about the Qld-NSW border restriction holding hands across the border - may be on Sunrise??? - and during the segment in the background, people were jumping the "fence" 😅
This has to be the moment border controls 'jumped the shark'. There is a lot of evidence around that the governments have lost the willing compliance of a significant portion of the populace.
 
This has to be the moment border controls 'jumped the shark'. There is a lot of evidence around that the governments have lost the willing compliance of a significant portion of the populace.
And as we get closer to Christmas you will lose more and more people.
 
My mother is 91, and pretty frail. She sees these lockdowns as stealing what very limited time she has left.
Mine is 87 and feels the same. She has not seen Seat Son, her grandson, for well over 2 years now because of international border closure and despairs of ever seeing him again before she shuffles off. She has missed months out of of the lives of her two great-grandchildren (aged 15 months and 10 months) because of various state border lockdowns. As a widow who lives alone, would have been incredibly lonely and socially isolated had my sister (who does not always see eye to eye with me) and I not agreed on sensible evasion of the rules about visiting her. At least this time, there is a singles bubble in the ACT. My friend's mother-in-law of a similar age with dementia who lives in a residential care facility has suffered a great deal by the inhumane lock out of her entire family, friends and support system for most of the COVID era.

This is no longer "protecting the vulnerable elderly " in any meaningful way. Most of them are double vaxxed now, and are very aware of their approaching demise and just want to enjoy what time is left before pneumonia, the flu, melanoma, dementia, etc carry them off. And the elderly were not consulted before the politicians paternalistically decided to "protect them". And now younger people complain of making sacrifices to protect the elderly - many of whom did not ever ask for that protection and actually don't want it. What a clusterf@#k it all is.

And before the usual suspects shout me down about the sanctity of life for the elderly - paraphrasing what @sydunipete said in another thread, if an older person wants to individually pursue lock down, there is nothing stopping them from doing that, but imposing it on everyone in an age group, or a region, or a state, or a country is well past use by date. Even those in residential care, in most cases, could be segregated into a "lockdown wing/floor" away from those willing to take their chances so they can see friends and family.
 

Its just desperately sad.

I kinda hope a bunch of covid spilled over to give us up here a hurry up on our stupidly slow vaccine strollout.

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Families separated by barriers on Father's Day as COVID splits two states​

 
I hope they manage to preserve the plastic barricade so that it can be the prime exhibit in the museum that eventually gets built there. The Checkpoint Charlie Museum needs a bit of international competition.

I still think a tunnel from the Coolangatta Virgin lounge has possibilities. Assuming of course, one hasn't been built...🤔
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