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South Australia will end its hard lockdown on Saturday night — three days early (whole Australian state locked down because somebody lied to contact tracers)
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ^ | 20th November 2020

Posted on 11/19/2020 6:41:06 PM PST by naturalman1975

South Australia will come out of hard lockdown on Saturday night — three days early — and outdoor exercise with family or housemates will be allowed "effective immediately".

It comes as the state records three new coronavirus cases, all of which were already in quarantine and were close contacts of staff at a medi-hotel and the Brompton aged care home.

Premier Steven Marshall thanked South Australians for "their spirit" during the state's tough lockdown, which only allowed people to leave their homes once a day to obtain essential goods.

But he said authorities decided to end the lockdown after discovering one of the positive cases at the centre of the Woodville Pizza Bar coronavirus hotspot had misled contact tracers.

The man, who worked at the Stamford medi-hotel, told authorities he contracted coronavirus after purchasing a pizza, but it has been revealed that he was actually working at the pizza shop — increasing his exposure to the virus.

"One of the close contacts linked to the Woodville Pizza Bar deliberately misled the contact tracing team," Mr Marshall said.

"We know now that they lied. To say that I'm fuming is an understatement, we're absolutely livid about the actions of this individual.

"I will not let the disgraceful conduct of a single individual keep SA in these circuit breaker conditions one day longer than what is necessary.

"However, this lie still means that our contact tracers need breathing space to contact people, but not for as long."

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens said the pizza worker who lied to authorities would not be fined or charged for his actions, with the Premier adding that he has to ensure an "increased penalty wouldn't force information underground".

"We've got to look at this, we've got to balance," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1984; policestate
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To: naturalman1975
Unfortunately because of the way the Australian constitution functions, the actions of state governments are not restrained in the way the federal government is. State governments can basically act in dictatorial fashion if they choose to.

They would anyway, constitution or not.

Federal and state constitutions here in the US have done nothing to reign in power hungry, tin pot dictator wannabes. They politicians just ignore the constitutions and nobody demands accountability.

It works in theory. In practice, we’re no better off.

21 posted on 11/19/2020 8:23:30 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: naturalman1975

I read the article. Still.... To lock down the country (Or open early) over one person’s (regardless of his interactions) for 3 additional days - or more - is ridiculous. The excuse of contract tracing is being abused. They are unhinged.


22 posted on 11/19/2020 8:59:47 PM PST by HollyB
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To: naturalman1975

Power mad nuts!


23 posted on 11/19/2020 9:16:14 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: naturalman1975

24 posted on 11/20/2020 12:32:41 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“This nation was settled by prisoners, by the way.”

Their nickname was POME’s
Prisoners
Of
Mother
England


25 posted on 11/20/2020 12:45:16 AM PST by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

They’re “Blue” states because they’re RED!


26 posted on 11/20/2020 3:01:40 AM PST by Does so (Soon, universities will have degrees in voting fraud...)
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To: Polynikes

Pom or Pommy is an Australian derogatory slang for an English person. I believe it originates from P.O.H.M. Stamped on the prisoners uniforms. That stood for Prisoner of His Majesty and is meant as a an insult to Pom’s regarding their lack of true freedom.

Naturalman75 can correct me if I have it wrong since I’m not a native Aussie.


27 posted on 11/20/2020 3:46:35 AM PST by Woodman
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Haha I think the idiots who shut us down without doing the contact tracing they are so proud of first ought to be the ones hiding from the public. Shutting down for 3 days cost millions of dollars. It seems they are so quick to want to believe the worst!


28 posted on 11/20/2020 8:56:40 AM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: Woodman

As one called a Pommy Bastard when I came to Australia in the late sixties there are several versions of the story. I think the one you gave holds up as well as any. The thing about Aussies, especially those of older generations is that they only really abuse their friends (mates). It may be derogatory in a sense but it is meant to people to not be a “whingeing pom” but to join in with the rest. Same with Italians, Greeks and other Europeans who came here after the war were called Wogs, Spicks and Dagos. Some may have been serious about it when it first happened but they became familiar friendly jibes we all called each other. We all had to become Aussies. Similarly Aussies were very often called Skips (as in Skippy the bush Kangaroo) we are a strange lot but I love this country with all my heart and especially its peculiarities!


29 posted on 11/20/2020 9:06:47 AM PST by melsec (There's a track, winding back, to an old forgotten shack along the road to Gundagai..)
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To: naturalman1975

Well, whether your ancestors were bonded or free, you all obviously made it work down there.


30 posted on 11/20/2020 11:42:29 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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To: naturalman1975

Does your Constitution restrain Canberra from forcing your premier to cut ties with the Chicomms?


31 posted on 11/20/2020 11:45:53 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
We. Cannot. Win. I quit. Seriously. I REFUSE to earn any income now (I’m retired) though I am constantly head-hunted, and I REFUSE to buy any Taxable goods!

So, I take it you make frequent road trips to the Duty Free store in Sault St. Marie, Michigan, then?

32 posted on 11/20/2020 11:49:23 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Food isn’t taxed in Wisconsin. Yet. ;) I don’t shop much other than for food, and as you probably know, I garden big time, so grow a lot of our food, too. I buy other things we ‘need’ on the Second Hand Market. For example, if I buy a used book, I’m paying a nickle in tax, versus $1.37 in tax for a new hardcover at full price. Or, I use the Library. We rarely eat in a restaurant, never do ‘fast food.’ We don’t go out to bars - even if we could, still being locked down in Wisconsin. :(

I drive very little (as are so many right now) so I pay little in gasoline taxes, which are supposed to pay for roads, but our last two Rat Governors diverted the $80 Million (or some such astronomical number) in funds to their own pet projects! I drive once a week, about 20 miles round trip, max.

At age 60, I’m in the process of SHEDDING possessions, not adding. I sold all of my land/house, so no property taxes anymore. Our house and 48 acres is paid in full. No car payments, no CC debt.

I do what I can. You should, too! It’s a fun game to play; look at every purchase you make and see how you can do it differently. Or, just quit buying stuff. Trust me - that works to avoid taxes 100% of the time, LOL!

I’m already figuring out what to do when I start drawing SS in less than two years. That will be ‘taxable income’ though technically, it’s my money to begin with. Mother Government has been p*ssing it away on things I disagree with since I had my first paycheck at age fifteen.

Starve The Beast! :)


33 posted on 11/20/2020 1:00:30 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Does your Constitution restrain Canberra from forcing your premier to cut ties with the Chicomms?

No.

Basically the Australian constitution gives the Commonwealth government specific areas of responsibility and everything else is under state control.

But the first of those specific areas listed is 'Trade and commerce with other countries, and among the States'. Another is 'External affairs'.

Either of these create a 'head of power' for the Commonwealth the constitutional power to overrule a state government on something like China's 'Belt and Road' initiative. Legislation needs to be passed for that to happen, and the Commonwealth government is planning such legislation, but absent some extraordinary and novel legal argument from Victoria (can never entirely rule that out), it will past constitutional muster.

34 posted on 11/20/2020 1:10:33 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Woodman

The origin of Pom is debated - the abbreviation argument is possible (both POME and POHM) but it never seems to have been a formal abbreviation. Another suggestion is it derived from rhyming slang - Pomegranate for Immigrant, although that has never seemed like a particularly good rhyme to me :)


35 posted on 11/20/2020 1:13:13 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

What I heard from my mates was a different variation of the pomegranate story. The you could always tell a Pom in Oz because he was the colour of a Pomegranate after 10 minutes in the sun.

Although I don’t believe it was the origin of the word, it was definitely true :)


36 posted on 11/20/2020 1:34:34 PM PST by Woodman
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