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The liar from the Shire

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Morrison blames media for travel ban backlash - The AIM Network

By TBS Newsbot According to Scott Morrison, it’s the media’s fault for focusing on the punitive elements of his travel ban. This morning, Scott Morrison has publicly claimed that it is the media’s fault for highlighting the potential gaol time and fines that Indian-Australians face if they try...
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I thought @sptrawler had retired.
What's he doing writing articles for the AIM network?
 
No doubt in my mind that the India travel ban was the right thing to do considering the havoc that the virus is having there.

But it's no excuse for the government to move so slowly in getting places into service that people can come for quarantine away from the general population.

The Feds have moved with the speed of a crippled slug in doing anything practical to alleviate the problem of citizens stranded o/s.
 
SirRumpole said:
No doubt in my mind that the India travel ban was the right thing to do considering the havoc that the virus is having there.

But it's no excuse for the government to move so slowly in getting places into service that people can come for quarantine away from the general population.

The Feds have moved with the speed of a crippled slug in doing anything practical to alleviate the problem of citizens stranded o/s.
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All the empty detention centres should be returned to service, it is crazy using hotels and two bob security companies. We haven't had an illegal immigration problem for years, so the detention centres must be under utilised one would think. So until the problem is solved use dedicated staff purpose built holding facilities and bring the backlog home.
Instead of using old hotels and part time uber drivers, it seems to be a penny wise pound foolish system at the moment.
 
sptrawler said:
All the empty detention centres should be returned to service, it is crazy using hotels and two bob security companies. We haven't had an illegal immigration problem for years, so the detention centres must be under utilised one would think. So until the problem is solved use dedicated staff purpose built holding facilities and bring the backlog home.
Instead of using old hotels and part time uber drivers, it seems to be a penny wise pound foolish system at the moment.
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Maybe they dont want Australians to see how bad the detention centres were?
 
Scott Trump what a muppet
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Still no deaths yet?
Haven't kept up with the news cycle but:
Plenty of jobs around.
No one cares about anyone that got stuck overseas. Take that risk and wear the consequences.
Pretty much life as normal.
 
moXJO said:
Still no deaths yet?
Haven't kept up with the news cycle but:
Plenty of jobs around.
No one cares about anyone that got stuck overseas. Take that risk and wear the consequences.
Pretty much life as normal.
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They took the risk, they wear the consequences, is what I'm hearing also, most are saying they were stupid to leave.
With regard jobs, I'm seeing a lot of new faces in established businesses, I wonder if people are chasing money to maintain the lifestyle that the extra jobseeker gave?
 
sptrawler said:
They took the risk, they wear the consequences, is what I'm hearing also, most are saying they were stupid to leave.
With regard jobs, I'm seeing a lot of new faces in established businesses, I wonder if people are chasing money to maintain the lifestyle that the extra jobseeker gave?
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And what are those 90 unaccompanied children doing there ?

It would be interesting to see what sort of parent sends their kids away alone.
 
sptrawler said:
They took the risk, they wear the consequences, is what I'm hearing also, most are saying they were stupid to leave.
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The majority of Australian adults have left the country at some point in their lives.

Risky yes but it's in the same category as drinking alcohol or traveling in a car. Not without known risks but just about everyone has done or will do it sometime. :2twocents
 
Smurf1976 said:
The majority of Australian adults have left the country at some point in their lives.

Risky yes but it's in the same category as drinking alcohol or traveling in a car. Not without known risks but just about everyone has done or will do it sometime. :2twocents
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The circumstances are somewhat different now though aren't they ?
 
SirRumpole said:
The circumstances are somewhat different now though aren't they ?
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They are but a lot of those stranded left the country at a time when if you'd said "COVID-19" they'd have assumed that was a code for something or perhaps some sort of computer equipment.

I don't know about specific circumstances of individuals obviously but some of those stranded overseas left the country before the pandemic started and have had no practical opportunity to return thus far, that's the issue here.
 
Smurf1976 said:
The majority of Australian adults have left the country at some point in their lives.

Risky yes but it's in the same category as drinking alcohol or traveling in a car. Not without known risks but just about everyone has done or will do it sometime. :2twocents
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Of all the people I know, only one has gone overseas, has a Thai partner.
Left in early December, was due back February, talked to him last week, he says flights keep getting cancelled possibly back early July fingers crossed.
 

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