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So now, we actually have a lockdown with rules instead of one with suggestions.
It's about bloody time.
But this could have been avoided with a hard lockdown on Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and a soft lockdown on the rest of the city/satellite cities, three weeks ago.
1. Eastern Suburbs are more likely to have people who can work from home.
2. Most households are strongly English-literate.
3. It's a more-or-less self-contained area.
4. Higher incomes (well above the national average, and likely above the Sydney average, too).
5. Smaller households.
Now? Now, we're dealing with South-West Sydney, of which a large portion are ESL, larger households, people who have to front up to work, who have to pay their bills, and because they have to front up to work to pay their bills their jobs are likely to be ones that take them all over the city - removalists, builders, tradies, retailers, etc.
But, you know, the political/financial elite of the city live in the Eastern Suburbs - the kind of people who hobnob with the powerbrokers of the political parties, and so they couldn't possibly have dinner with someone who'd insisted that they couldn't go to the mountains for their winter holiday - after all, they've already had to give up the overseas trips in the last year!
Ugh.
So, at this point, I am thinking we might be out by the October long weekend. But I frankly wouldn't count on it.
*sigh*
It's about bloody time.
But this could have been avoided with a hard lockdown on Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and a soft lockdown on the rest of the city/satellite cities, three weeks ago.
1. Eastern Suburbs are more likely to have people who can work from home.
2. Most households are strongly English-literate.
3. It's a more-or-less self-contained area.
4. Higher incomes (well above the national average, and likely above the Sydney average, too).
5. Smaller households.
Now? Now, we're dealing with South-West Sydney, of which a large portion are ESL, larger households, people who have to front up to work, who have to pay their bills, and because they have to front up to work to pay their bills their jobs are likely to be ones that take them all over the city - removalists, builders, tradies, retailers, etc.
But, you know, the political/financial elite of the city live in the Eastern Suburbs - the kind of people who hobnob with the powerbrokers of the political parties, and so they couldn't possibly have dinner with someone who'd insisted that they couldn't go to the mountains for their winter holiday - after all, they've already had to give up the overseas trips in the last year!
Ugh.
So, at this point, I am thinking we might be out by the October long weekend. But I frankly wouldn't count on it.
*sigh*
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Arrrrgh. As if you haven't had plenty of examples of what happens if you leave it too late and too soft, and reopen too soon! (hello from England where we're showing the world how to really fuck up)
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We did have one politician who suggested that we just let COVID have it's way - the NSW Treasurer, who was concerned about the economic stability of the state if we did any kind of a shutdown. Welp, we're going to be in REALLY LONG SHUTDOWN now for at least a couple of months.
Unless, of course, they just throw the doors open and decide, "hey, yeah, we're not going to bother anymore". Which is what the UK seems to be doing. :(
Frankly, it's like some governments (specifically yours and mine) are just choosing the actions that will produce the worst outcome for people generally, because people don't count, only the economy does! *growls*
When's your next election? We have to put up with this until at least May next year, seeing as there's no way our leader is going to call an election before he absolutely has to.
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2024 :-(
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We KNOW what works, we've seen it work in Victoria, she could have just copied Victoria, but noooooooooo...
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I suspect - from last year's standoff between the eastern states and the federal govt - Gladys might have been a lot more hardcore if she didn't think that Perottet and co were standing behind her with their hands on the hilt of their knives. Doesn't excuse her - a politician for the people (as compared to a run of the mill one) would do what had to be done for the people they served, not for their own political standing. But the risk of deposing is one of the issues with our system where we've voted in a party, not a politician. The politician is dispensible if the rest of the party thinks they can win the next election on the party values.
At least in WA, you effectively don't have the LNP anymore.
(Can we just kill Clive Palmer and Gina whatshername, take their money, and put it into, IDK, social and disability services? Like, 2 people dead out of 25,000,000, they're a stain on the universe, and nobody will miss them, not really.)