'Morrison is a bigger dictator than Trump, without the balls to stick his own neck out, as Trump does.'

not sure I would go that far ttbn although the Stalinist Premiers are showing huge cracks in the National cabinet. Any Government refusing to pull out of the Paris fraud is plain gutless.

Ttbn,

Tried the strong light remedy lately ? Or disinfectant ? Don't worry, it will all be back to business by Easter.

So once the lock-down is lifted here, when will Australia (and NZ, and China, Taiwan, South Korea) get back to 'normal' ? By Christmas ? And without lock-downs in the US, the UK, Brasil and Sweden, will they ever really get back to 'normal' ? At what human cost ?

Thank god for Morrison. And Ardern ;)

Joe

Joe,

I don't understand why you dodge the issue of power and freedom. Ah, well. Perhaps you have returned to your totalitarian upbringing. You have decided that you like to have Big Brother tell you what to do all the time:). I recall a certain poster saying that she thought Morrison had dictatorial qualities at the time he got the job. She might have been right.

runner,

I have never liked Morrison. I don't think he should have got the job. He was OK as Immigration Minister, but as Treasurer and now PM, I have no time for him at all. He stands for nothing but Scott Morrison. Many conservatives say, "Well, I suppose he's better than Turnbull". I can't even say that any more. I think he is as big an arse in a different way. He is most certainly not a conservative; closer to the Leftish authoritarianism. Just my opinion of course; but Dutton was the man who should have got the job.

Ttbn,

No I don't think that Morrison is a dictator, but actually a very good capitalist, and a strong democratic leader when the country needs one. As soon as this crisis is over, and long before it is over in the UK, US, Europe, Russia, Turkey or Brasil, we'll barely hear anything from him.

Of course, if you want a would-be dictator to tell you what to do, try the strong lamp treatment. Do it often.

Joe

One of the aftermaths of the the China virus beyond our control will be the use of its effects on the rest of the world by the CCP.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says that the Communist Party is trying to turn the consequences of their virus into a “weaponising strategy” for itself. Though the virus might not have been deliberately released, China “most certainly” has biological warfare programs.

Through the spread of the virus, the CCP is trying to gain advantage against other countries, as well as trying to distract its own population. Once China was aware of the virus and its severity, it took steps to see how it could emerge from the crisis better off than other countries.

South Australia, as usual, has led the other states: there have been no new cases of Coronavirus for fourteen days now; and only two cases still in hospital. If the other states had followed SA, apart from the clusters at Newmarch near Penrith and at Cedar Meats in Melbourne, the whole of Australia could have moved towards the relaxation of lock-down restrictions, and thought seriously about co-operating economically with New Zealand.

We may never 'eliminate' the virus - that's a wild goose chase - but we can certainly repress it, as SA has amply shown. So instead of going down the brutal and crypto-fascist path of seeking some illusory 'herd immunity', and destroying our health system and wiping out our health professionals, it is now free to get on with treating other ailments.

Well done, Mr Wade and Mr Marshall !

Joe