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There may be work going on to change that for 'essential' workers. Watch this space...
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Vax requirement to enter non essential retail in Vic (except hair and beauty services
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I am Groot
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My employer is well on to it but no luck so far.
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#17284 | ||
It's not an FG MKI.......
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Think you might be right mate. Just watched 9 news here in Darwin.
Double vaccinated you will be right to move around the Territory but with a mask and have to do the brain tickle test thing within 72hrs of coming.
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DIY Tragic
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If it ain't broke........
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We have had the same in Qld. Other than mask wearing recently, we have had a glorious run. Life has been pretty much normal, but now that the borders have been opened, the good times may be over............
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I am Groot
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Interesting thing is we have been travelling up to Darwin on essential worker exemptions since this thing first started, I and my crew where working out of Darwin when the pandemic kicked in in Aus and we all did around 85 days straight away from home while the exemptions where worked out and put in place, now with the latest changes all existing exemptions are voided from the 20th………back to the negotiation table for a lot of industries.
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We recently had a series of bushfires here in Southern WA, the fires were around the Margaret River area, long way from where I live in Perth, but, I could "taste" the smoke in the air, sounds odd but I mentioned it to my GP this week, he agreed that I was smelling and tasting particulate matter!
I was told to stay indoors due to my poor lung health, made me wonder about bushfire pollutants and Covid-19, I found this article on the matter! ![]() https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34459069/ |
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NSW/VIC
NSW records a higher 1,742 cases in the current period and the 10-day average growth rate increases to 1.2600 (from 1.2046) while the actual line is now well above the predictive trend line. That’s also the first day where NSW numbers have been higher than Victoria since September 26th. ![]() VIC records 1,622 cases in the current period and the 10-day average growth rate increases to 1.0474 (from 1.0420) while the actual line remains below the predictive trend if only just. ![]()
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Looking at the stats below, we are not doing very well are we Russell!
You know if I was a young person or even middle-aged I would be a very worried person!....worried for Australia's future and my own and families future! ![]() |
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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT December 15th 2021.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 2,791 new cases for Australia (a new record) and 4 deaths so the CMR is 0.899%. 76 new cases for NZ and 1 death so CMR is 0.358%. The UK had 77,741 cases yesterday and 164 deaths for a CMR of 1.333%. That's the 2nd highest case numbers they have recorded. 124,309 new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,944 deaths sees CMR at 1.606%. Other notable points: Global cases pass 272M, the last 1M in 1 day; Global cases drop below the 90th percentile over the 10-day period: Europe passes 79M cases; North America passes 61M cases; The UK passes 11M cases; Eswatini (1,469); DRC (2,081); Finland (2,225); Australia (2,791); South Korea (7,843); Denmark (8,773); and France (65,713) .... recorded new highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day. Italy, Nigeria and Lithuania move above the 90th percentile for the 10 day period and no countries drop below.
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It's not an FG MKI.......
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https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/travel...-december-2021
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Got back to Tassie last night.
The new entry system is devised by some pimple nosed millenial web designer that has the governments ear. After telling them I had no intention of screen capturing my covid test result and then emailing from my phone they didn't know what to reply with. Then the supervisor comes on...and wait for it...you really don't need to do all that smartphone crap..just show them the sms on the phone when you arrive. Exact words were..."just makes our job so much easier if you upload this and that and etc" ...great, I can stuff around all day long on lame govt websites just so they don't have to work? In the end I said. Sorry I don't own a phone.....silence on the other end.... Tasmanian eTravel...written by oxygen thieving bureaucrats. But...so good to be out of Victoria...dunghole.
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Normally when we arrive in Darwin, we head down to the ship and do a handover with the off-going crew then sail out to location, we don't hang around in Darwin and we don't usually come back for around ten days or more. Apparently one of the sticking points with our situation is officialdom making the mental leap of understanding that when we are onboard we don't mingle with anyone for the whole five-week swing, the 12 crew members don't leave the ship and no one else comes onboard, were isolated by virtue of the job. Another is the G2G Now app and the fact that even if we are allowed to join the ship immediately and complete the ‘quarantine’ period aboard, it’s of no use when we leave Darwin as there is no signal 350+ miles out to sea so we will be unable to receive the random check in requests. And then there is the issue that our work locations are in WA waters, that’s a whole other issue that apparently needs re-explaining. Fortunately, where not the only Offshore company working out of Darwin with this issue, there all working with the NT Gov trying to sort it out, no doubt we will get there eventually ![]()
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DIY Tragic
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Just amazing, yet so typically (and sadly) a contemporary Australian tale. I can’t help but also think of shift workers being woken by the random check-in requests.
Aside from that, in NSW my preferred supermarkets have already dropped their QR display cards. I am preferring at this time to both look after my health and remain contactable - but this is not helping at all. |
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NSW/VIC
NSW records a higher 2,213 cases in the current period and the 10-day average growth rate increases to 1.2620 (from 1.2600) while the actual line is now well above the predictive trend line. That’s also the highest daily case numbers recorded in NSW. ![]() VIC records 1,510 cases in the current period and the 10-day average growth rate increases to 1.0306 (from 1.0474) while the actual line remains below the predictive trend. ![]()
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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT December 16th 2021.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 3,416 new cases for Australia (a new record) and 9 deaths so the CMR is 0.890%. 105 new cases for NZ and 1 death so CMR is 0.362%. The UK had 87,565 cases yesterday and 146 deaths for a CMR of 1.324%. That sets a new daily case high – the previous high on 9/1/21. 140,406 new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,726 deaths sees CMR at 1.605%. Other notable points: Global cases pass 273M, the last 1M in 1 day; Global deaths pass 5.35M, the last 50k in 7 days; Global cases move back above the 90th percentile over the 10-day period: Europe sets a new daily case high with 430,968; Eswatini (1,642); Australia (3,416); Denmark (9,999); and United Kingdom (87,565) .... recorded new highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day. Mozambique moves above the 90th percentile for the 10 day period and no countries drop below.
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Current vehicles.. Yamaha Rhino UTV, SWB 4L TJ Jeep, and boring Lhd RAV4 Bionic BF F6... UPDATE: Replaced by Shiro White 370z 7A Roadster. SOLD Workhack: FG Silhouette XR50 Turbo ute (11.63@127.44mph) SOLD 2 wheels.. 2015 103ci HD Wideglide.. SOLD SOLD THE LOT, Voted with our feet and relocated to COSTA RICA for some Pura Vida! (Ex Blood Orange #023 FPV Pursuit owner ![]() |
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Both the USA and the UK have been taking a bit of a hammering in terms of case numbers so here are their predictive models across the whole of pandemic.
USA The case trend is tracking upward in line with the higher predictive line and thus on target to reach 60M cases by early February 2022. ![]() The model does show an improvement (at least a little) in the mortality predictions as it is currently trending closer to the linear predictive line but that still means the 900k mark will likely be reached during January. ![]() UK case numbers are trending almost line-ball with the (much) higher predictive line which shows that they will be close to 16M cases by February unless it slows down a ![]() The mortality model isn't much better although the current actual numbers are well below both predictive lines so that is promising. downward quite sharply ![]()
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Masks back on for QLDers
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DIY Tragic
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The hoops you need to jump through now, for simple domestic travel. A day trip just to wrestle bureaucracy, that will save me $300 and six weeks of waiting, but the whole system needs polishing up.
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It's going to be interesting post Christmas and NY. I'd be certain that ACT cases will go for run upwards.
I had up until a couple of days ago still wore a mask anywhere I checked in but since it has being much warmer and with the beard said **** it. They might bring em back ![]() WA has effectively locked out the country again. Merry Christmas ![]() |
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