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Different states have different rules. These rules are changing as the vaccination rates push 90% double dose. Some states or territories with little covid so far like Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania are trying to hold back the total freedom until they hit the 90% in their state. The two states with 96% of the Australian covid cases, NSW and Victoria are well over 90% double dose and have far fewer restrictions. Some states do not allow others without 14 day quarantine, despite negative tests, full vaccination etc. Some are doing home quarantine with interstate travel. Some are much more open.What is the criteria to be in the facility? Having covid or travel related?
Or is this an unvaccinated punishment?
The unvaccinated are having to learn as the rules evolve what their predicaments are. A lot of public workforces are enforcing mandatory vaccinations, just like places all over the world. The reality is there arent police roaming the streets dragging unvaccinated out of restaurants. The staff dont want the hassle of telling unreasonable people laws dictated by governments.
Because Australia has well balanced gun laws. If you need a gun for work, recreational shooting or can make a reasonable case, you can have one. If you just want one cause....coool or you are paranoid about home invasion or think the government is out to get you,. no dice. Australians dont have to worry about walking down the street and seeing guns on every two bit vigilante wannabe. If you love recreational shooting, there are plenty of kangaroos, feral pigs, even brumbies and camels if you are in the right place. You cant just be a yahoo about it, there are ell balanced rules to protect yourself and those around you. Target ranges are easily accessible. Criminals get heavy punishment for carrying unlicensed firearms.Hmmm....I did NOT know that. I was told that they confiscated all the guns. How is it possible that gun ownership is now higher?
The John Howard government is almost the antithesis of my politics. Conservative, steal money from the poor and give to the rich etc. the Industrial relations policies still cripples individual advancement for the less well off. That said he has my 100% admiration and respect for the way he handled the gun issue. The Port Arthur massacre shocked Australia to its core. It was the largest gun massacre in the world for a decade or so. Howard faced severe opposition from within, particularly his even more conservative coalition partners the National Party. Thankfully its leader Tim Fischer was a pragmatic and decent man. The mood was 95% get rid of all guns. We dont want to be America. Little kids were gunned down with malice. Unreasonable propoganda, on both sides to be fair, was prevalent. Howard stuck firm. Very reasonable buy backs were offered and embraced by 90% plus. Why do you need a gun? If independent judges agreed, all good. There is very little politicization of judicial appointments.But that's a choice not done by force of law obviously. And in fact this is widely viewed in Australia as the best thing that government did.
Laws have slowly been wound back, where possible, as the influence of the US fat right seeps into the fringe radical parties. Which often have the balance in the Senate. The Senate has bizarre voting systems. Each state has its number of representatives, but Senators have literally been chosen with 0.01% of a primary vote. Complex Preference deals see parties with a much higher primary vote lose
Internment camp lol.https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1466651206244257792?t=bEO7Fgcf7_Ou2IbqyE8mhw&s=19
Australian Hayley Hodgson was placed in a Covid internment camp despite testing negative for the virus
She was confined to a box for 14 days, offered valium when she complained about confinement, and lost her job
"You feel like you're in prison..."
https://t.co/VaUoSmgx2T https://t.co/fMs2HS0c5R
Quarantine is hard. The rules are for society, not the individual. If individuals dont like the rules, thats really unfortunate. 14 days in a ####ty hotel is difficult, but its hardly guantanamo bay. The Howard Springs type facility is what states want to do, as it gives people humanity away from the big cities, but the federal government wanted to stick with hotel quarantine. Totally unsuited for its purpose. Meant as an emergency procedure, it became the norm. Hopefully it stops soon