Runner,

More than one hundred thousand deaths in the US, so far, as sacrifices on the altar of 'open it all up'. Forty-odd thousand in the UK. Getting close to four hundred thousand world-wide, of god's children ?

Australia, under Morrison, with barely a hundred - what are we doing so wrong ?

Joe

Hi Joe

never thought I will see you go all irrational. Seems very much like the states that locked down in the US did no better than those who remained more or less open and in some cases the opposite. Don't let facts get in the way of your narrative. You are in good company with the lying liberal left media. And your point as far as this new accord? Personally I would love to think it does something towards restoring something to all those small business's ruined by the shutdown. Seeing the way the Premiers have carried on over the last few weeks I doubt whether they really give a stuff. They just loved riding high on popularity at a time when they really thought it was their genius that prevented thousands of deaths here in Australia. When even the State and Federal Chief medico's can't agree on policy I doubt whether we will ever know to what extent our draconian measures saved lives. You can be sure the many that have had their livelyhoods shattered will see a spike in depression, suicide etc. Personally I think the National cabinet is showing huge cracks. Do a deal with devils and it comes back to bite you. You can work out who you think the 'devils' are.,

Antony Forsyth, a Professor at RMIT's graduate
school of business and law stated that the
government's priorities are :

"Pretty much a pro-business reform wish-list".

He said compliance and enforcement was one of the
few reform areas "better from a union or worker
perspectives" but largely picks up on work already
conducted by the attorney general, Christian Porter, to
criminalize serious and systematic underpayment.

"The arguments about reducing the complexity of
awards... I don't think they'll get far with
unions on that, it inevitably means reducing
protections for people," he said.

Foxy,

I wouldn't trust Scott Morrison as far as I could throw him.

I think he is most cunning Australian politician I have ever seen.

Did you see the news today where thousands of Indian and Chinese troops are massing in the contested areas along the Himalayan borders. This plus the CCP crackdown on HK and Xi's instructions to the PLA to step up war preparedness ain't looking so good.

Your Chinese name might come in handy soon. I tried to get a Chinese name for myself but someone has already taken 'Andrew Forrest'.

Mr O,

I think the name "Bingwen" (master of arts)
would suit you better.

Foxy,

You're a lifesaver!

Though better make it Bigwen Bigwen given that I have two MAs. Let's call it my Pidgeon Chinese name.

Just in time too because I just saw a news release that China's Parliament has voted to incorporate HK totally within the PRC polity, taking aware its almost polis-like status as a self-governing financial entrepot.

I understand the US has pre-empted China's action in that it will declare HK as having no status as a financial hub which I understand will turn HK into a virtual economic ghost town being of no benefit to the CCP.

I expect to see some pretty dramatic scenes coming out of HK. Will the West open its international borders to a probable flood of HK refugees?