Queensland's beaches may remain off limits to southerners for even longer unless Victoria controls a new spike in coronavirus cases.Australian Tourism Industry Council executive director Simon Westaway is worried this will further spook cautious state premiers, including from Queensland and South Australia, who have been reluctant to reopen their borders.
"We've got to press on and have an open border arrangement," he said. "We don't want this as an excuse for a double down [on borders]." "This is another example of why JobKeeper will have to extend past September [because] these businesses will not have had time to recover."for the school holidays, Byron Shire Council mayor Simon Richardson says his Far North Coast community is "slightly more wary" about the prospect of Victorians visiting for the winter holidays.
Blue Mountains City Council mayor Mark Greenhill hopes the Victorian spike is short-lived because the prospect of a second wave "keeps me awake at night".
The age what a rag you've become an absolute disgrace under liberal guidance
Primers have turmed corona into a circus.
It’s not even that bad. Stop scaring people so you can sell more papers.
Probably a reasonable analysis but who can trust anymore?
Happy to stay and holiday in Victoria
Hydroxychloroquineworks
Victoria has the tightest restrictions since day 1, the most inconsistency with other state, the most 'makes no sense' restrictions (golf, fishing), the slowest to come out of restrictions, YET the highest infection rate Australia wide, why CHO Brett Sutton. 3AW693 VictorianCHO
You’ve only got selfish morons to blame.
If only these mayors and premiers were in positions of power to support businesses and industry during this time.
Nine Media ( etc) in tandem with bedmates, Vic Liberal Party politicized & damaged the process by running anti lockdown sentiments & anti Andrews stories as nauseam thus empowering enough nuffies to break protocols. This is how a politicized 4th estate fails its community.
Numbers mean nothing it’s deaths and hospitals being full which none are
What about the distinct possibility that there will be a lot more deaths unless strong restrictions are imposed? Has The Age thought of that - look overseas - huge numbers of deaths because they did not take corona seriously. Come on Age - show some sense.
Imagine if you were this concerned when they planning the Lefty whingey hypocritical white people bad marches. Maybe people wouldn't have taken on board mixed messages.
A death blow to people would be worse ffs