Posted on 07/23/2020 10:38:48 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Australia's New South Wales state is implementing restrictions on "high-risk activities" such as singing in choirs and dancing at nightclubs and bars amid concern of a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 that has spilled over from a neighboring state.
The latest prohibitions, which also limit bookings at restaurants, cafes and bars to no more than 10 people, go into effect from midnight on July 24 (10 a.m. July 23 ET), New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced Friday.
"We absolutely need everybody seated when they are in a venue. No dancing, no singing, no mingling," she said.
Berejiklian said weddings and corporate events would be limited to 150 people, while funerals and religious services would be restricted to 100.
The latest restrictions in the state that is home to Sydney come as yet another record for daily infections was posted in neighboring Victoria, where 428 new cases were reported.
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The Baptists have won!.....................
How about no more government telling me what to do?
Don't think so. Baptists LOVE to sing.
The real winners here are the bitter and the hateful. All joy is banned for the duration.
They have democrats in Australia?
Sounds like the movie Footloose
No dancing?
Guess that’s all for Tik Tok then.
LOL!
Yes they are called Laborites
No Crocodile Rock?!
Bravo! First reply and all that.
Quick, send Kevin Bacon to Australia!
I wonder if they are running NSW? I have a mate who lives there and will have to ask him.
Islam ?
Australia is looking more and more like the Taliban, they don’t permit any of those things either. Please JESUS, come take your church home,
My first thought as well. LOL
I just checked. Current govt. is Liberal which is the relatively more conservative party in Oz.
LOL. I was going to say “They’re all Baptists now.”
Thanks.
“Relatively” is right. Probably more like blue dog democrats..if there are any left.
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