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    Quote Originally Posted by Saitch View Post
    Wouldn't it make sense then, to try and attract the home grown tourists milling around the border gates, waiting to enter Queensland? What don't these people understand about 'Community Support'?

    From what some border town folk are reporting, I reckon, when the borders do open, it'll resemble a Bathurst 1000 start!
    I didn't notice any hugely increased numbers last week, but that was Monday to Wednesday in Tweed and Murbah.
    Having said that traffic volume has definitely increased on the motorway.
    Actually I only noticed one van in Ballina yesterday, too.
    And it was being towed by a Defender! Corona Virus
    Having said that, you are right, you can guarantee as soon as there's a hint the border is opening it'll be a free for all by the Nomads

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    Son went camping up North in Tas last Friday arvo. Shed draggers everywhere ..camp sites full..they were full at lunch time..servos with ques ..local shop no bread or milk by arvo..owner said it was chaos all day long.

    Pent up demand on display☺

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    Quote Originally Posted by INter674 View Post
    Son went camping up North in Tas last Friday arvo. Shed draggers everywhere ..camp sites full..they were full at lunch time..servos with ques ..local shop no bread or milk by arvo..owner said it was chaos all day long.

    Pent up demand on display☺
    Yep,thats what we want tourists for,to get the economy moving.
    The knock on affect is huge,as Rick was saying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by windsock View Post
    Parochialism is inter-generational.
    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    Border controls for intercourse
    I think I see the problem here...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    Lets have a look at some facts. Iran isn't even over the first stage yet. If there was going to be a second wave, wouldn't Italy be the first to have it ? Or Spain? As for WHO;

    WHO Timeline - COVID-19
    Pertinent question:- 'Are there many - 'vulnerable' people remaining alive ?'
    ie, very old,/isolated / generally unwell / diabetic / heart disease / COPD / Asthma / dark skinned / socially head-to-toe-covered outdoors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arapiles View Post
    If you read the AP article that was linked to above it's pretty clear that none of that is true - for a variety of reasons the Chinese blocked and sandbagged WHO and the international community.

    And the Chinese scientists knew from an early stage that it was remarkably similar to SARS but was far more infectious. As I've said before its name should be SARS-2, not COVID-19. They told the WHO that it wasn't transmittable from person to person - and WHO told the world that - when the Chinese government not only knew that the virus was transmissible but extremely so.

    I was researching and writing about SARS-2 in late January/early February - for a briefing to clients - and it was clear even then that we weren't getting the full story - for example, I had Chinese colleague who'd just come back from Beijing and they told me that the city was in lockdown when that was officially denied by the Chinese government. And WHO definitely delayed calling it a pandemic, presumably because of Chinese pressure.
    Edit:- The Taiwanese claim to have told both, in January, that it IS transmissable, person to person.



    At risk of sounding like a cracked rec..cracked rec... there are no White or Black hats in this, only darkening shades of Grey. - which goes towards Trump not putting the boot right in to the Celestial Kingdom. - Allegations such as SARS being vigourously investigated and played with in the USA... a POTUS who officially shuts it down (via Executive order) - only we find a Head of Department later - off his own initiative (?) 'sub-contracting' some of that work to an overseas BSL-4 lab and even securing US government funding for them to the tune of at least $3.6M USD
    Pointedly, it's no longer the preserve of various 'Tin Hats' to declare and/or speculate as to how many bad actors are involved in the murk.
    Then there is the bottomless well of Human Stupidity, matching the most devious conspiracy Theories.

    Why Gain-of Function Research Should Be Banned: The Author of 'Biotech Juggernaut' Speaks Out on COVID-19

    Don't forget the jackals, circling just outside the light, opportunists / Savvy businessmen, who see a buried pot of gold and make the most of it to push THEIR own agendas...
    Note the current emphasis on 'VACCINEs' to Save Humanity, all 7.8 billion of us, or those who can afford the $40 to $200 cost per jab. Per year.
    - yet very little on improving treatment and making it Very Effective.

    Or enhancing out immune systems to fight off the invasion, as we see with the majority who are infected yet symptomless & recovered.

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    Originally Posted by bob10
    Border controls for intercourse, as opposed to trade and commerce , are based on a public health issue, and section 92 doesn't apply.
    Quote Originally Posted by windsock View Post
    I think I see the problem here...
    Yeah, must admit that my first thought was that the Constitution didn't have a freedom of sex provision.
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    It's interesting to note that it's mostly non Queenslanders trying to maintain the argument against Queensland's border restrictions.

    You just don't get it down there do you?

    Someone said businesses are closing at Bryon Bay. Well, from my observation , businesses are always closing at Byron Bay , it's got nothing to do with Queenslanders. It has no real stable population , but the blues festival is good.

    I hope we are last to open our borders and we will not change to daylight saving either. If you want either , find a different place to go to.

    Why do you all want to come here?

    And if you don't want to come here as more than one have already said , shut the **** up!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob10 View Post
    I'm not alone. Every one I speak to wants the border closed until this is over. The only ones complaining are those on the other side of the border. Speaks volumes, doesn't it.
    Thats 'cause you are all Queenslanders, mind the daylight saving doesn't fade the curtains. I now know how Joe Bjelke was able to be king for so long.



    Well I've spent too long in the deep north,
    the land of the big peanut
    It ain't that great in the Police State
    They burn down the hippies huts

    They turn back the clocks a decade
    they bust you for no reason
    The sun shines the whole year 'round
    The shotguns' still in season

    Get me over the border, get me over the border
    Down to New South Wales

    The girls' are sweet & juicy
    Oh so brown & blonde
    but watch out for the young ones
    You wont get no bond

    They don't treat you too well

    Down in Bogga Road jail
    Make a break, make a break for the border
    with the dogs running on your tail

    Over the border put some wind in my sails
    Over the border put some wind in my sails
    Get me over the border down to New South Wales

    It's a nice place to visit
    But I wouldn't want to stay
    I might want to march in the street some day
    But ol' Joh wont let me have my say
    So I'll get on down to Coolangatta
    And get on my way

    Get over the border
    Get this rocket on the rails Put some wind in my sails
    I got my foot to the floor I don't know what I went there for
    Get out of Queensland I'm only going back with a gun in my hand
    I got me a mango one day they're gonna hang Joh

    Over the border put some wind in my sails
    over the border get my wheels on the rails
    Get me over the border down to new south wales

    Skyhooks, 1979

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    I went to Byron Bay and back today. The locals said the place was dead as until about a week ago, when Queensland number plates starting appearing, to the great delight of the local restauranteurs, who seem to have been abandoned by NSW tourists, strangely enough.

    There was a long queue of vehicles with Queensland number plates and border passes stuck to their windscreens at Tweed Heads. Also trucks being waved through. We were waved through.

    Far as I know I wasn't infected by any NSW people without symptoms. Might still have the test again tomorrow though, just to be sure. Can't be too careful.

    Lets keep the border closed to southerners until July 13, as currently planned, and see if NSW has the second wave NSW Premier GladysB says is likely. After all, she should know, shouldn't she?

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