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27-09-2021, 04:51 PM | #15331 | ||
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ACT lockdown lifted from 15/10. Restrictions easing from this Friday
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27-09-2021, 05:02 PM | #15332 | ||
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Let me just alter that for you.
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27-09-2021, 05:04 PM | #15333 | ||
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the logo on the shirt looks like "st' johns" ambulance.
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27-09-2021, 05:53 PM | #15335 | |||
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"On Wednesday, a man featured on Nine News was wearing a AWP Plastering and Rendering high-vis polo shirt. However, the owner of AWP has now come out and said the man seen on the news had never worked for him and was not a tradie." https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/fake-...tion-protests/
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27-09-2021, 05:56 PM | #15336 | |||
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Are we seeing NSW getting on top of the virus via vaccination or is testing dropping off so it appears the daily positive cases are falling? |
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27-09-2021, 08:12 PM | #15337 | ||
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Why is the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining And Energy Union (that's CFMMEU) still referred to as the CFMEU, especially in the media, who should know better?
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27-09-2021, 09:51 PM | #15338 | |||
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28-09-2021, 01:55 AM | #15339 | ||
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There is some correlation - test numbers the last 3 days have all been around the 100k mark and they were higher when case numbers were higher but there is still a wide disparity between the high (192) and low (83) in terms of tests per case although the 90th percentile (on about a month of testing) is 132 and the average about 111.
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28-09-2021, 06:14 AM | #15340 | ||
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....what i can tell you is that all the MUA (former Maritime Union of Australia) members that I work with are starting to regret they ever amalgamated with the CFMEU, they do not mind the silent 'M' at all.
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28-09-2021, 07:46 AM | #15341 | ||
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Well the timber workers don't care about a "T" in the name, so a silent "M" should mean nothing in the big picture, the point is that the rank and file members are represented against greedy selfish employers who would have everyone without a tertiary or university education in the poor house!
PS:- I have seen it, been involved in it, we the humble worker mean nothing to a boardroom Chairman who drives a Rolls Royce with a chauffeur and lives in a multi million dollar mansion, paid for by bloody low skilled workers, well any bloody voice is better than no voice! Cheers BillyP Last edited by slowsnake; 28-09-2021 at 07:58 AM. Reason: Add PS |
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28-09-2021, 10:52 AM | #15342 | |||||
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From what I can see, the CFMMEU consists of four divisions: Construction & General, Manufacturing, Maritime Union of Australia and Mining & Energy. All bar the Construction & General have National Offices only. The Construction & General have a National Office as well as state offices. Interestingly, checking through the separate National offices, of those who use the CFMEU moniker and logo (Construction and Manufacturing) they only use the single M moniker and logo. The Maritime and Mining divisions don't use the traditional CFMEU logo as seen on the Vic office windows. Strange. Almost like they don't want to acknowledge the second M in the union. Quote:
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28-09-2021, 11:07 AM | #15343 | |||
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28-09-2021, 11:38 AM | #15344 | |||
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They intend to operate independently as a Mining and Energy Union.” The Mining and Energy Division has lodged an appeal in the Federal Court against a Fair Work Commission decision dismissing the CFMEU's application for a member ballot on withdrawing from the CFMMEU. https://me.cfmeu.org.au/news/demerge...-federal-court |
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28-09-2021, 11:56 AM | #15345 | |||
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It's time for Dan Andrews to get the hell out of our lives and let us go back to the way it was pre-covid. He can't let go of his power trip though. He's already talking about keeping various restrictions that other states have already said they will scrap. He just can't help himself. Longest lock downs anywhere in the world. Never forget. |
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28-09-2021, 12:17 PM | #15346 | ||
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NSW/VIC
NSW records 866 cases in the current period and the 10-day average growth rate decreases to 0.9629 (from 0.9556) while the actual line is now a bit above the predictive trend line and based on the 4th order polynomial, that trend line now has a downward curve. VIC records 867 cases in the current period (another record high) and the 10-day average growth rate decreases to 1.0553 (from 1.0370) while the actual line is back level with the predictive trend.
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28-09-2021, 12:19 PM | #15347 | |||
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28-09-2021, 01:01 PM | #15348 | ||
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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT September 27th 2021.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 1,483 new cases for Australia and 13 deaths so the CMR is 1.256%. 11 new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.644%. The UK had 37,485 cases yesterday and 40 deaths for a CMR of 1.769%. 121,464 new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,401 deaths sees CMR at 1.613%. Other notable points: Global cases pass 233M, the last 1M in 2 days; Barbados (188); ... recorded new highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day. No countries move above the 90th percentile for the 10 day period while Honduras and Libya drop below.
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28-09-2021, 01:06 PM | #15349 | ||
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It's also worth noting that today marks the day when Vic recorded higher case numbers than NSW (albeit by 1 case).
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28-09-2021, 01:33 PM | #15350 | ||
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Interesting looking at Russ' charts of the current NSW and Vic outbreaks @ day 78. NSW had ~1300 cases v Vic which has ~900 cases (based on trendline). But it's worth noting that NSW started to see a tapering of case numbers, with the peak achieved at about day 85. If that trendline is followed by Vic, then we should see the peak in about another week. Of course, the variables here will be the anti-lockdown protests and the Grand Final and any 'illegal' celebrations being held for that occasion, both of which have the potential to add a spike in case numbers.
On another note, it seems to me that governments and the media are still focused, primarily, on covid case numbers more so than hospitalisation or death numbers. With our push to ease restrictions once the vaccination targets are achieved, experience from other countries who have travelled this road before us shows that case numbers will undoubtedly increase, but the key factor will be how many hospitalisations and deaths we get form those cases. Presumably we will pivot towards a greater focus on the latter rather than the former, too, as we do with the flu, for eg (flu case numbers are still tracked, but seem to get little media coverage). So, when would be the right time to pivot reporting of covid? At the 80% of eligible folk being fully vacced?
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28-09-2021, 01:58 PM | #15351 | ||
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It's the 13 or so deaths per day that's the worrying part .....regardless where they come from NSW or VIC
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28-09-2021, 02:25 PM | #15352 | ||
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That will be the crux once we start to open up. If it keeps at the current percentages here then between 4-7% of cases will be hospitalised and between 0.5-1.4% see the inside of an ICU with between 0.5% and 0.7% dying.
Those figures should be lower at 80% vax rates but just how much lower is up for debate given that other 80% countries like the UK (0.32%), Israel (0.43%) and Florida (1.5%) - albeit the latter with a much higher average age population, are still not a whole lot lower. Then it's just a matter of how many cases we see.
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28-09-2021, 03:28 PM | #15353 | |||
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28-09-2021, 03:38 PM | #15354 | ||
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Curious to know what the cost will be without subsidies.
COVID-19 self-testing kits to be available at pharmacies, convenience stores within weeks https://www.theage.com.au/politics/f...28-p58vdm.html "Australians will be able to purchase self-testing kits for COVID-19 from pharmacies, convenience stores or online in about a month after the medical regulator announced it would approve them for home use from November 1."
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28-09-2021, 04:13 PM | #15356 | ||
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The CFMEU Manufacturing Division has a long and proud history. Our Union is made up of four Unions who have all contributed to the struggle for improved wages and conditions for their members. These Unions are the Australian Timber Workers Union, The Federated Furnishing Trades Society, the Pulp and Paper Workers' Federation and the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemens' Association.
The following information provides an overview of the history of the CFMEU Manufacturing Division. Background The CFMEU Manufacturing Division was first registered as a Federal Organisation under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act (1904) on the 21st August 1907, as the Federated Sawmill, Timber-yard and Woodworkers Employees Association of Australasia. The name of the Union was changed on the 27th October 1913 to the Amalgamated Timber Workers Union of Australia, and again on the 10th July 1918 to the Australian Timber Workers Union. Cheers BillyB |
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28-09-2021, 04:15 PM | #15357 | ||
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Florida is nowhere near 80%. It is fact not far in front of Australia - 56.8 percent of total pop fully vaxxed, not sure that works out to be for 16+. But it is probably US's oldest state.
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28-09-2021, 04:36 PM | #15358 | |||
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28-09-2021, 05:26 PM | #15359 | ||
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Best I can see Florida has about 83% of its population over 16, that means their +16 figure is 80% one shot and 69% fully vaxxed
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28-09-2021, 05:35 PM | #15360 | |||
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If its for work, then I would expect work to pay for it. If its for events, then I would expect that the tests would be in the price of the ticket, and the test will be administered by event officials? $10 to $110 is a big range. I'm assuming $10 has a bigger margin of error, which is not what you'd want if you have paid big bucks to attend an event.
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