Tell us what needs to be done NOW, not wait till politicians make a move & then you bleat wrong again !

Luciferace,

<<Eradication is a pipe-dream>>

I agree, as it is with HIV/AIDS, Malaria, etc. We need to get used to living with the threats and not propping up the economy with handouts.

<< What a mess, with state governments able to afford boldly stupid, populist (due to hysterical fear-mongering) isolationist and lockdown policies while the Feds (future generations) pick up the tab. We'll be borrowing into the future to pay for....>>

You have stated this so well. Since I live in Qld and there is a State election on 31 October this year, how many Queenslanders are prepared to make this an election issue? We seem to have accepted border closures, quarantine and the closing down of businesses as the norm. My message to my local MP and the Qld government is: 'You have wrecked our economy with border closures and lockdowns, but the flu kills more people than Covid-19. Why are you pursuing policies to wreck the State's businesses? End the eradication plan immediately. Open the businesses and encourage the wearing of face masks - except when eating food'.

the same people who want State borders jammed shut on their fellow Australians wanted open borders for illegals. Where is Stegall, Phelps and the other regressives hiding?

individual,

<<Tell us what needs to be done NOW, not wait till politicians make a move & then you bleat wrong again !>>

Block the downtown streets with signs: (1) 'Open borders immediately'; (2) 'Quarantine doesn't work'; (3) 'Open all business with unlimited numbers'.

The main theme for these protests is: 'The flu kills more people than Covid-19'.

The main message is NOT Qld has a low infection rate BUT the Qld government has sent so many businesses to the wall.

The way back is not going to be easy for Qld, which has a low infection rate, closed borders, quarantine, a wrecked economy and high unemployment rate: 'Queensland data was reported at 8.630 % in Jul 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.892 % for Jun 2020', http://www.ceicdata.com/en/australia/unemployment-rate/unemployment-rate-queensland

ABC News, Brisbane, 6 August 2020, reported: 'Tourism operators said shutting the border to nearly 8 million residents from New South Wales and the ACT could potentially decimate their struggling businesses, with a mass of cancellations.... Operators like Janita Hanwood, who runs a border cafe at Coolangatta, said no matter which way you looked at it, it was a lose-lose situation.... "I'd say we've lost at least 50 per cent of our business and we're expecting that to stay like that for a long time until everything sorts itself out" ', http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-06/coronavirus-queensland-border-closure-business-local-by-surprise/12525210

OzSpen,
A dreadful dilemma indeed. I wonder what the real figures actually are regarding financial loss in the tourism industry. The real losses vs the anticipated profits which are portrayed as losses rather than less profit.
In any event, the down-turn of so much business will haunt the Nation & indeed the World for a long time yet. I pity the citizens of those Nations who are indebted to China. I'm sure some will actually re-think their import dependencies. Australia should too !
Now is the time to pressure Govt to ease the exorbitant Registration & permit fees.
Govt fees are a huge, unrealistic & unwarranted burden on business & general citizens alike.
As are high ranking bureaucrat salaries which are of no apparent benefit to Taxpayers.

'Why are you pursuing policies to wreck the State's businesses?'

Where's Jesus when you need him Spencer?
He'd be busy upturning the tables over at your place.

On the one hand we have people dying
On the other we have lost profits

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