Thread: Corona Virus

Covid is just as valid a topic as anything else…otherwise ditch the whole General Chat category.

There’s plenty of meandering threads on subjects I’m not interested in on General Chat (and elsewhere on this forum), but I’m not going to tell anyone/everyone else what they should and shouldn’t be interested in…for a start it it’s unfriendly, secondly it would be arrogant to do so, or worse it could easily be interpreted as bullying.

Everyone’s opinion is valid and a good discussion relies on difference, like life in general. Anyone who thinks everyone else should see everything the same way as them is at risk of being perceived as a dictator.

Originally Posted by bob10

Community sport infrastructure generates an estimated annual value of more than $16.2 Billion to Australia, with $6.3 worth of economic benefit, $ 4.9 Billion worth of health benefit, and $ 5.1 Billion social benefit.

Let's look at the AFL : In 2018 the AFL generated $ 6.8 Billion to the Australian economy.

In the NRL, the Grand final alone generates $ 17 million into the NSW economy. Pretty boys? An absurd description.

Miners, farmers and manufacturers generate money by producing and EXPORTING

Most everything else is basically jumping from one pocket to another in a circular loop within the country.

Originally Posted by johnp38

Miners, farmers and manufacturers generate money by producing and EXPORTING

Most everything else is basically jumping from one pocket to another in a circular loop within the country.

…in fact, thousands of Australians derive their incomes outside the state or nation they live in, but this seems to have been totally forgotten by the Covid support payment rules, which seem to think everyone drives about 5.2km to work and their livelihoods are entirely within a little statewide loop.

Originally Posted by SpudHeadTed

Covid is just as valid a topic as anything else…otherwise ditch the whole General Chat category.

There’s plenty of meandering threads on subjects I’m not interested in on General Chat (and elsewhere on this forum), but I’m not going to tell anyone/everyone else what they should and shouldn’t be interested in…for a start it it’s unfriendly, secondly it would be arrogant to do so, or worse it could easily be interpreted as bullying.

Everyone’s opinion is valid and a good discussion relies on difference, like life in general. Anyone who thinks everyone else should see everything the same way as them is at risk of being perceived as a dictator.

I agree. Why have a coronavirus thread if you can't actually post information about the virus? Arrogance and bullying is sometimes passed off as normal practice in the social media world. Most here are generally mature enough to get past that.

Originally Posted by SpudHeadTed

…in fact, thousands of Australians derive their incomes outside the state or nation they live in, but this seems to have been totally forgotten by the Covid support payment rules, which seem to think everyone drives about 5.2km to work and their livelihoods are entirely within a little statewide loop.

Yep I missed a few, universities selling education to overseas students and as above citizens who work/contract overseas and bring the bacon home

The footy/rugby in my opinion is gladiator shows to shut the masses up.

Originally Posted by johnp38

Miners, farmers and manufacturers generate money by producing and EXPORTING

Most everything else is basically jumping from one pocket to another in a circular loop within the country.

I'm not disputing that. But I would argue Sport is a huge part of Australian life. Always has been. Any one who has lived in a small country town will tell you that.

Originally Posted by johnp38

Yep I missed a few, universities selling education to overseas students and as above citizens who work/contract overseas and bring the bacon home

The footy/rugby in my opinion is gladiator shows to shut the masses up.

Also university staff, researchers and students in general, thousands of whom work nationally and Internationally and none of whom have been eligible for any Covid support payments at all. Not even JobKeeper.

+ 100’s of thousands of people across hundreds of industries who have no access to the current covid support payments because they don’t live in a lockdown zone. But their livelihoods have drastically affected, either because they can’t travel anywhere or because their jobs have been cancelled.