Posted on 10/16/2021 7:37:28 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Victorians holed up in their sixth lockdown are four days away from their first taste of freedom in months.
The state recorded 1,838 new Covid-19 cases and seven more deaths on Sunday as vaccination rates surge towards the 70 per cent double-dose milestone.
Surging vaccination rates have prompted Premier Daniel Andrews to fast-track freedoms in the state's roadmap out of lockdown and tweak previously announced eased restrictions.
Melbourne will be lifted from lockdown at 11.59pm Thursday, the day Victoria is expected to reach the 70 per cent double-dose target.
The dreaded night curfew and 15km travel limit will be abolished, hospitality outlets can reopen for dining at restricted capacity while the staggered return to the classroom begins this Friday.
Residents can have up to 10 visitors at their homes while outdoor gathering limits will increase from 10 to 15.
Visitors to homes don't have to be fully vaccinated but is highly recommended by the state government and health officials. The same rule applies for outdoor gatherings.
The Premier praised Victorians on their 'mighty' effort to roll up their sleeves.
Melbourne's current 73 day lockdown was due to end on October 26 but will now end four days earlier.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It remains to be seen whether the rest will happen any faster.
The lockdown in Melbourne should never have happened at all.
Another shameful day in Melbourne Saturday 57 people arrested for trying to protest against lockdowns and coerced vaccination.
Thousands of others across Australia exercised their right to protest under more hospitable conditions in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...
I wonder if this has anything to do with the billionaire who clearly announced that big money had been paid to the powers that be by Pfizer and others.
Now remove the people who initiated and enforced it.
Permanently.
No.
Because nobody believes him.
Unfortunately, he’s not remotely credible. He says things like this all the time and can never provide any evidence.
Follow the Money... ☝️☝️☝️
(The Premier praised Victorians on their ‘mighty’ effort to roll up their sleeves.)
Because, ultimately, that solves everything. 🙄
Of course this type of thinking is all over the world.
Just wonder how many flu cases/deaths they have over a period of time before covid, and if they shut things down for that?
“have prompted Premier Daniel Andrews to fast-track freedoms”
I wouldn’t really call them freedoms. This is just a dictatorship granting you a few privileges. Privileges they will revoke on a whim.
ABC, like all FakeNews, still trying to frame protesters as “far-right”. check the pics. ABC says 2,000 attended, but have seen reports that suggest much larger number:
PICS: 16 Oct: ABC Australia: Protest against mandatory vaccinations in Perth earns rebuke from Australian Medical Association’s WA president
At times, the group chanted, “my body, my choice”, and, “freedom, freedom”, in opposition to the requirement for people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in some jobs in Western Australia.
A section also yelled “proud boys” repeatedly, referring to the far-right, male-only extremist group...
The media continued to be a target of the rally, with banners reading “mainstream misinformation” and “the media is the virus”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-16/wa-covid-protest-perth-forrest-place-anti-vaccines/100545066
16 Oct: Youtube: 2m20s: Australia Brisbane freedom 16/10/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRHgwUV7z0o
***not clear which four were not vaxxed. possible four oldest were the double vaxxed.
17 Oct: Sky News Australia: NSW records 301 COVID-19 cases, ten deaths as further restrictions set to ease
New South Wales recorded 301 local COVID-19 cases and ten deaths the day after the state surpassed its 80 per cent double-dose vaccination milestone.
by Crystal Wu
Of the ten deaths, five people were not vaccinated, one person had received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and ***four people had received two doses.
Two people were in their 50s, two people were in their 60s, two were in their 70s, three people in their 80s and one person was in their 90s...
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/coronavirus/80-per-cent-nsw-records-301-covid19-cases-ten-deaths-as-further-restrictions-set-to-ease/news-story/10b23218e5c1f6d7265e8a29744c7e6f
Is he still going to operate as an emergency dictator? Last I heard he completely suspended parliament.
good size crowd in Switzerland:
Protest in Baden, Switzerland against Covid Measures and QR Certificate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KNZvamo29k&t=6s
Huge My Body My Choice protest against Vaccine Mandates in New York City on October 16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMIr53FnIIE
That little taste of freedom is not an inalienable right. It is a gift from the state for being obedient.
Parliament has resumed, but he could suspend it again.
You explained how the central government cannot do a lot of things in the states, is there any hard limit on how long he can suspend parliament?
Good slaves! Well done.
Have a cracker.
Whole lot of the nazi guard there who beat down old ladies and maced many ought to be tracked down and given the tar and feather treatment there.
Not in the sense, that there's a set number of days, but there are other limits. Some things can only be done by Acts of Parliament - if one of those things needs to be done, Parliament must be recalled.
The one that absolutely cannot be avoided relates to money. The government can only spend money it has allocated in an Act of Parliament that is called a Supply Bill - basically a budget. One of the fundamental duties of a Premier is to 'guarantee supply'. If a Premier fails in this duty (basically if they run out of money to keep the government functioning), the state Governor (the Queen's representative) is both able to step in and required to step in to force the Premier to do something. Basically if that happened, the Governor would tell the Premier to either recall Parliament, resign, or ask for Parliament to be dissolved which would trigger a new election. If the Premier refused to do any of these things, the Governor would dismiss them from office and appoint a Premier who would agree to do it - by convention this would be the Leader of the Opposition, but it could be any Member of Parliament.
This happened at a Federal level in 1975 - the Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr, dismissed (Labor) Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his entire government from office, and commissioned (Liberal) Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Fraser as the new Prime Minister when Whitlam could not get a budget passed and couldn't provide any legal and constitutional plan to do so.
Technically speaking the Governor could do this for other reasons as well but the situation has to be truly extreme for it to become appropriate for a Governor to act in this way.
The current 'State of Emergency' expires on the 15th of December. The only way the State of Emergency can be extended beyond that date is by Parliament. Andrew's stated justification for suspension is the State of Emergency. I strongly suspect that if he tried to suspend Parliament beyond that date, the Governor would intervene, because at that point, he'd lose any constitutional and legal justification.
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