This article isnt journalism - its a sloppy shaming attempt and I suspect we’ll start to see more of these.
It didnt consider the long-term impacts on a lot of things - there simply wasnt enough time to consider the impacts to every industry. The focus was on crushing the virus and it appears we are on the way to doing that.
It’s concerning that businesses will probably end up closing because of Coronavirus and the Government have made an attempt to limit that - it probably wont be enough though
Yes these closures needed to happen & quickly, however there’s some validity to longer-term concerns because of the Prime Minister’s statements about quickly ‘snapping back’ to the way things were before; if the government actually do that, most of these businesses will remain dead.
The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic - which we’re still in the middle of (not the end) - will be slow. I suspect it’ll take years for things to get back to what they were last year.
Governments need to slowly wind back economic support, only as the economy recovers, and some things should remain changed, such as the increased unemployment payments (which were unreasonably low before COVID-19).
Whats likely to become more obvious is that there is a lack of business financial resilience - this is going to be a considerable contributor to the speed to which our economy can recover.
The Victorian Government is the first state government to provide money subsidy for workers in the arts industry who aren’t eligible for Jobkeeper payments.
Germany’s Bundesliga will be the world’s first major soccer competition to resume playing, after it was halted for two months due to coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Some of Victoria’s Metropolitan Football League’s are considering a nine week home and away fixture plus three weeks of finals in which will see them push into October for open age football, resulting in Cricket postponing their start of the season if approved.
Personally, I don’t see the point of playing half a season when Club’s will be in financial strife if they continue to pay their Senior footballers with the loss of sponsorship etc. Especially with loss of income from the bar, canteen and team selection meal sales if mass gatherings are capped to 100.
Club’s will not be able to enforce social distancing rules as their venue’s are public areas unless you have the Police at every match enforcing the rules which will not be happening. How will they enforce the rules in the change rooms where you’ll have 24 players, coaches, medical staff and other support staff in there at once plus the change of teams from the previous the game. You can’t!
I think the 2020 season is done and start planning for 2021.
Clubs are in financial strife anyway. Get some subs or fees coming in even for a shorter season is better than nothing.
This is an issue, sure. However, you have to give a little bit of trust back to the community and either back them to follow the rules, or call out those who aren’t following the,.
Simple…you don’t shower at the ground, you arrive in your playing gear, play, then leave and shower off-site.
In wa (where I live) this happened last week and it’s doing good actually. They split the times in half days for computer usage and book borrowing. Borrowing could be in the morning one day with computer usage in the arvo . The state library of Wrstern Australia had a 20 limit person on ground floor other floors will remain closed for the time being. You are limited for one hour usage to use computers charge your devices or request materials for
Loans in the state library.
You must sign in with your details obviously which I am happy to do to have access to the library for a bit when i need to go.
Here in Victoria, the State Library in Melbourne CBD won’t reopen on June 1, library management had been preparing to reopen on July 1! I expect the library will allow the public to visit in mid June.
Meanwhile, this year’s Stawell Gift has been cancelled due to COVID-19. It was last cancelled in 1942-45 during World War II.
The BBC has confirmed that it will be broadcasting live Premier League games for the first time ever since the league’s inception in 1992 when games return next month.
Director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater, says: “This opportunity creates an historic moment for the BBC and our audiences. At a time when sports fans across the country are in need of lift, this is very welcome news. We are delighted and excited to have the chance to show live Premier League games on the BBC. This will offer audiences, who haven’t had the opportunity in the past, live, free to air access to the best football league in the world, as the BBC continues to keep the country entertained during these unprecedented times.”
