Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Has there been any suggestion of the people in NSW Dept. of Health responsible for the sheer disaster of releasing thousands of possibly infected or infectious cruise ship passengers to travel all over the world being brought to account? That Minister! My God, what can one say. He says he is not to blame nor is the department that failed under his leadership. "No, no, no. Not me. I didn't do it nor did my department" What a self-serving *****. Show him to an empty office. Hand him a pistol with a single bullet. "Do the right thing, old chap."

SPOT ON Brian. When that was announced I had the sinking feeling of times past & thought... "Yer know what 4 bee, no-one will have the balls to own up to this & it will be another Gubmint passing of the buck & long drawn out investigations resulting in no-one getting their arses kicked & be given fully paid gardening leave."


Maybe send Border Force (but they ain't) in to do the bastards in they have all created this mess so let them all clean it up.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Has there been any suggestion of the people in NSW Dept. of Health responsible for the sheer disaster of releasing thousands of possibly infected or infectious cruise ship passengers to travel all over the world being brought to account? That Minister! My God, what can one say. He says he is not to blame nor is the department that failed under his leadership. "No, no, no. Not me. I didn't do it nor did my department" What a self-serving *****. Show him to an empty office. Hand him a pistol with a single bullet. "Do the right thing, old chap."

Was it the fault of the NSW Dept of Health or Border Force?? Ultimately it is Border Force (immigration) that has responsibility for determining whether someone can land or not. The Captain of the ship said that Border Force gave approval to land the passengers as that is the agency he was dealing with.

It is not clear what the processes were and who actually was involved, so we need to wait for the washup on this saga.

Garry

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Was it the fault of the NSW Dept of Health or Border Force?? Ultimately it is Border Force (immigration) that has responsibility for determining whether someone can land or not. The Captain of the ship said that Border Force gave approval to land the passengers as that is the agency he was dealing with.

It is not clear what the processes were and who actually was involved, so we need to wait for the washup on this saga.

Garry

Probably not a washup but a whitewash.

Well its become a criminal investigation now.

I doubt we will ever know the truth, these departments being what they are but the initial interview I saw, claimed it was BF but the BF chief gave a strong argument that it wasn't their role & it was very deff NSW Health's decision.


As I said, we may never know the truth because neither Dept would change the facts or tell Porkies. Would they? I suspect they are all waiting for the Police Commissioner(?) to investigate to see who will be given their Bowler Hat & Marching Orders..

Originally Posted by rick130

Well its become a criminal investigation now.

Well no - I know that is what the media is saying but they covered it earlier - the media is saying it is Criminal because it is being investigated by the Police Commissioner, but he is not investigating it as the Police Commissioner but in his capacity as the Head of the NSW COVID19 Task Force.

Yes it is being investigated but it is not a "criminal investigation".

I suppose it's just one of the results of being 'Girt by Sea.'

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Well no - I know that is what the media is saying but they covered it earlier - the media is saying it is Criminal because it is being investigated by the Police Commissioner, but he is not investigating it as the Police Commissioner but in his capacity as the Head of the NSW COVID19 Task Force.

Yes it is being investigated but it is not a "criminal investigation".

There seems to be some confusion. The Police Commissioner, Mick Fuller, has appointed Chief Inspector Jason Dickinson from the State Homicide squad, to lead the investigation. Asked specifically if it would be a criminal investigation, he replied " yes ". And went on to say a coronial investigation may be launched. Sounds like a criminal investigation.