Blame game won't help find a fix for the aged care corona crisis

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There is a distinction between a manger and leader. A manager lives by figures and data, but lack intuition and vision. A leader listens and observes, but not necessarily takes the views of his managers and comes to the ultimate decision. Well, there are leaders like to be known as Consensus leaders.

Once the aged care homes were identified as hotspots, prompt actions and sweeping changes should have been made to curb the mounting fatality. This incident is not different from the Hotel Quarantine debacle, the meat works, compulsory wearing face mask, and silly romantic exemption

Daniel Andrews has a lot on his plate, but he is really losing his grip, and the photo in the article depicted him as “I know better” body language.

How many more mistakes can Victorians tolerate before more lives are lost and the economy take much longer to recover, if it does?

This pandemic brings the ugly faces of our so called leaders in Australia!

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Blame game won't help find a fix for the aged care corona crisis

Can I visit my partner under Melbourne's stage three coronavirus restrictions?

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I have been blogging about weak leadership, and the winner is Daniel Andrew, a Premier with no spine.

Can you remember the "No Means No" global campaign? English is not my mother's tongue, and yet I think I can understand the meaning of the phrase.

What sort of nonsense is to allow partners living in separate premises to meet, under "romantic exemption"? Didn't he talked about family cluster is one of the problems, let alone partners who are not staying in the same address?

This is beyond a child's logic that one cannot visit a relative or next-of-kin living in another address, yet one can visit a partner during the lockdown.

Confusing message like this causes more stress and dissatisfaction, and that's why some sector in the community has enough of the wishy-washy nonsense that come out the Daniel Andrews' mouth.

Read the Restriction Regulation and stop community transmission.

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Can I visit my partner under Melbourne's stage three coronavirus restrictions?

A nation divided harks back to the bad old days of the 1970s

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Sad if we have to return to the 70s, when I first arrived in Australia.

If Australians can't live in a united Australia, we can forget about multiculturalism, nor live harmoniously in this great nation we call home.

In my opinion, it is of utmost importance to have a day mutually agreed by all Australians and First Nations People to celebrate together as the Australia Day.

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A nation divided harks back to the bad old days of the 1970s

China avoids recession despite coronavirus, trade disputes

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The only way to fix a problem is to nip in the bud.

Australia has been dilly-dallying in cancelling the F1 Grand Prix race, stopping inbound overseas flights, locking down cities and suburbs, closing borders, continuously debating about compulsory wearing masks, etc.

The most laughable exemption that defies logic is the social distancing between the school children at school. This is in contrast with teachers having to adhere to the rule.

In addition, the governments can't agree on aiming at suppressing or eliminating the coronavirus outbreak!

Oh no, this is not a communist state; how dare the state government use the ADF personnel to manage the hotel quarantine? Well I doubt a soldier in China would dare to have sex with a person in quarantine at the hotel.

Are you listening? Trump says, "it's ok to change your mind".

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China avoids recession despite coronavirus, trade disputes

Australia need AustraliaKeeper to keep this country going

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Australia need AustraliaKeeper to keep this country going

Where is the money to keep JobKeeper going? In short, we need a AustraliaKeeper to keep this country going.

Handing out JobKeeper or JobSeeker money to people to stay home is not the answer. After the lockdown, not only we have Zombie shopping centres, or ghost towns, there will be a lot of Zombies walking around, because their mental state is badly damaged and hard to readjust to face the aftermath.

Not only school age children are doing home schooling, or remote learning, all recipients should be enrolled to do some study online for continuously improvement.

By doing so, many colleges and universities can keep some staff on payroll, because lecturers are not entitled to receive money through JobKeeper.

Many stay home females tend to benefit a lot from YouTube improving their cooking skill. This is the big difference between male and female, and gender equality cannot be achieved by quota or force.

We are facing increasing number of people suffering from Depression. Where are the social workers? The sufferers need more than audio contact. Video contact can relieve some pain. Furthermore, sufferers should be encouraged to watch online videos on how to handling depression. The videos should be in plain simple language for ordinary public consumption, not just for people with academic qualification.

Young people must not be forgotten. This is the time we must tap their brain and come up with some good ideas to tackle the misbehaviour of some younger age group who have the misconception that they are invincible and indestructible by the virus.

They are so many programs the government can run to lift up the spirit of the home-bound during the lockdown., including online Practical courses on saving for rainy days, running a small business effectively, budgeting, the truth about immunisation and vaccination, etc.

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School on edge of lockdown zone urges students to wear masks

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Australians want Australia to be a free democratic country unlike those countries run by so called dictators, and yet the article highlights in reality, the Australian authorities are just pot calling the kettle black. Why can’t the school principal, in her exercising the duty of care for the safety of her students and staff, have the freedom to recommend them to wear masks to school under present lockdown?

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School on edge of lockdown zone urges students to wear masks

Students ask government to help Hong Kong protesters come to Australia

Just be very careful. This is an opportunity and opening the flood gate for the radicals as well as the triad gangs to enter Australia. What guarantee is there that spies are not among those seeking asylum?

I hate to see our streets or outside the Chinese embassy or Consulate General of PRC filled with these new comers protesting and demonstrating remotely against the China.

How will the government going to deal with this?

This is going to create more divide in the Australian communities, those who don’t want foreigners to bring their trouble here or create more trouble here, and those sympathisers.

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Students ask government to help Hong Kong protesters come to Australia

Calls to 'respect media freedom' as five Australian journalists investigated

This is a real test for Morrison to prove that he is as tough as nails, and as gung-ho as how he jumped into the band wagon in condemning Hong Kong national security law.

I await patiently the outcome of Morrison’s diplomatic skill or barking technique!

It is always easier to negotiate with friends than foes.

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Calls to 'respect media freedom' as five Australian journalists investigated

Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends Hongkongers' visas after security law imposed

I wonder whether Morrison will ever travel again after the pandemic and after he has lost his Prime Ministership. I can’t imagine if his plane transits in Hong Kong, and he is detained by the Chinese authority for all that he has said and done to stir up the pot.

Since Morrison suspends the extradition treaty with Hong Kong, it will be interesting to see what happens if the expats violate the HK Security Laws and Australia can’t do anything through diplomatic channel to help them to be extradited back to Australia.

Morrison is like a mad cowboy, repeatedly doing stupid things to upset China for the wrong reasons, just like his mate in the US. He is also a copy cat, wanting to emulate Bob Hawke to allow the mainland Chinese to stay after the Tiananmen Square incident, which was a much serious event than the current Hong Kong introduction of the Security Laws.

Before 1997, the year Hong Kong was handed back by Britain to China, many Hong Kongers migrated overseas including Australia. Most returned to Hong Kong when the hype subsided. Their money also went back to Hong Kong.

The situation is different now. China does not allow dual or multiple citizenship, and taking up the offer to stay in Australia will see Hong Kongers being strip off the rights as Hong Kong citizens. Most of them possessing the special pass will no longer be able to travel freely in and out of China.

What most Hong Kongers must realise the extended visa allows them to stay for five years, and they can apply for PR. There is no guarantee that they will be granted Australian citizenship. In the meantime, these Hong Kongers are basically stateless and may not be able to travel anywhere - self-impose exile.

Another thing to consider is that whether the assets of the Hong Kongers taking up the offer will be frozen. If so Morrison is going to face double whammies - one no money coming in, and two to support these people on welfare.

With Morrison at the helm, Australians are living in dangerous time!

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Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends Hongkongers' visas after security law imposed

Morrison fails to learn from the best in technology

It is a sign of naivety, weakness, jealousy, and stupidity. Instead of learning from the best in technology, Morrison follows a pack of wolves in sheep skin, fabricating rumours and lies without solid proofs and evidence, and putting China down in relation to the coronavirus origin, Xinjiang genocide, Hong Kong human rights, international security interference, etc.

It is dangerous to have a "leader" creating instability and hatred with Australian main trading partner and close neighbour. Instead of spending money on national development and improve the living standard of all Australians, he wastes it on witch hunting and unnecessary defence against Chinese.

A good leader creates peace NOT wars. A good leader develops harmonious relationship with other countries so that the people can enjoy everyday without fear of any upheaval.

Morrison fails to deliver and must go!

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Whatever it takes for Victoria to stop the coronavirus, let's just do it

The single biggest failure in curbing the spread of the virus is the ineffective use of video advertisement campaigns, either on television or billboards.. With many migrants spreading the virus, different dialects or languages, words are not the best choice to communicate with them.

Winding back the clock to 1987, the AIDS ad campaign depicting Grim Reaper, and Australians being bowled over as bowling pins was extremely scary for children and adults, but very effective.

The public is constantly bombarded with horrific and very graphic images of smokers suffering from mouth cancer to lung cancer. Then there was once a beautiful lady who smoked and promoted Lucky Strike, but could hardly say things intelligibly now. All these will turn many people off from smoking including young ones.

TAC big billboards showing victims lying on the road, smashed cars, hospital patients, in addition to the catchy phrases, “If you drink and drive, you’re a bloody idiot”, are good reminders for drivers not to drink and drive, thus reducing the accidents on the road.

Many of the WorkSafe television advertisements and pamphlets are so graphic as well as emotionally touching. One subtle yet very powerful one is about the noise the footsteps of a person walking towards a workplace, and turned out that the person was not to be a WorkSafe inspector. When the boss breathed with the sign of relief, the real one turned up.

It is time the governments engage some brilliant creative advertisers to design some more graphic advertisements to convey the message about the danger of the Coronavirus. The current light weight, light hearted advertisements in English language are just waste of money. I am more than delighted to have a chance share my views on how the campaign should go.

I hope this comment is not to be ignored like many of others comments I contributed for the past few weeks.

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Whatever it takes for Victoria to stop the coronavirus, let's just do it

Brett Sutton's boss stripped of responsibility after hotel quarantine failures

Remember the F1 Grand Prix case - to cancel or not to cancel? It was fortunate that Italy locked down first, not allowing out bound flights leaving the country, or else more Italians would be reaching Melbourne to attend the event. Italy was the European epicentre of the pandemic then, and that means the consequence could be disastrous for Melbournians.

Andrews government had a lucky escape, and to call off the a Grand Prix was a no brainer. I wonder who was the wise man behind to advise Daniel Andrew to take such step?

What cheeses me off is that many politicians, bureaucrats and CEOs who make drastic mistakes can walk away scot-free without showing any remorse, and still receive buckets of taxpayers or shareholders money. Do they they have any principles and conscience?

I really hope that every single person involves in the hotel quarantine debacle will be sacked, and not deployed in any state or federal government departments. Good bye, good riddance.

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Brett Sutton's boss stripped of responsibility after hotel quarantine failures

Most people of whatever skin colour are racists. Unfortunately the word race is too grey!

Racism is a mindset. Racists are bullies, and bullying is a psychological disease.

No matter one is born of any skin colour, or from any social background, one is born with certain characteristic traits. For those who are confident, and have the desire to break out of the cocoon or shelter, and want to be successful living among others, they will need to live like a normal "person" in the community, by not taking racism as a personal attack. Racism is a societal ill.

When did the white feel that they were more superior and how did they get that idea in the first place? When one ignores that superiority mumbo-jumbo, and targets on life success, taking any alternative paths if nece

Successful people create their own opportunity and wealth, and hopefully help others to do likewise.

I encountered supposedly racial slurs several times before from ignorant and idiotic Aussies, and I returned with my best verbal shots on the spot without any hesitation. If you think you can't, then start practising in front of a mirror now, because you need to be prepared if you're not good in instantaneous respond.

If someone tells you to take the virus back to China or whatever country, ask them how to it, or ask them to take it back for you if they can, because there is no plane to take the virus back. If the bullies appear to be from some ethnic origin, tell them to do likewise. The statement can't be wrong, because almost every corner of the planet has coronavirus present.

It is very important to speak using English in public, and shake off that strong accent. You can use your own lingo or wear whatever costume you like at home. If you do that in the public because that is your culture and identity, then you are no better than those who discriminate you. You unknowingly want to be a "separatist" and do not want to belong the larger community.

For those who have been following my posts in many FB groups, pages, Google blogs and newspaper comments, you will have read how I openly and strongly criticise the governments' inaction. I also get in touch with politicians to lodge my dissatisfaction.

Stand up for yourself first, before you expect others to do it for you. Better still, join a political party and be proactive in it. Get elected, and make a difference in the parliament. I know it is a long hard journey, but without trying, you'll be just another person in the long queues of whiners.

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Dumb Australian authorities allow people to refuse coronavirus test

It really cheeses me off about the dumb Australian authorities allow people to refuse coronavirus test. Due to the top people keep criticising China for being autocratic and dictatorial, they basically forfeited their conscience to exercise the duty of care to enforce strict rules, including jail term.

Infected people go round and knowingly infect others should be charged with premeditated manslaughter, and the sufferers should sue the selfish twit.

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Locking down hotspots 'an option', but not an easy one

Are we going to wait until the number of infections and possibly deaths soars through the roof before a lockdown is called?

Democracy is the name of the game and the hindrance. Since Australian government keeps criticising other countries being autocratic or dictatorial, they cannot do what those countries do, except to behave like those crazy idiotic “leaders” overseas, reinforcing the “Australia Can’t Do” mentality.

Governments need to bite the bullet not to pussy foot around when life is at stake. What is the point of collecting statistics if it is not put into good use?

Duty of care is the responsibility of every citizen and if any infected person does not go into isolation but go round infecting others is committing an offence and should be charged.

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Locking down hotspots 'an option', but not an easy one