I thought their drive thru would remain open for emergency workers etc
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That would surely be because no announcements were made of businesses. Those announcements will be coming today. I canât see how a person could go to a hairdresser and be within the rules.
Some might be able to do that but for most stores it wouldnât be worth their while. I reckon a select few stores might do it but a lot will shut. Some stores might stay a bit later past 8pm if Uber eats etc can still do deliveries (would still be considered work post curfew for the drivers) or maybe certain ones near hospitals / police stations might do longer hours. I can think of one near the Alfred for example.
Yes I definitely think we need some longer term approaches and some of these rules should stay in place at least for a little while on the other side. As things open up again if supermarkets/shopping centres limiting the number per household that can shop at a time, enforcing masks etc remain in place it will definitely reduce the risk of transmission and drive down the crowds. These environments are what people always seem to complain about as getting busy again.
OâBrien is irrelevant! Andrews didnât âplungeâ Victoria into Stage 4 all on his own! Victorian opposition needs to get on board and be constructive and forget the politics for a while.
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It seems that despite Victoria being a very progressive/left-wing state, they seem to produce far more right-wing conservative media personalities than anywhere else in the country, with particularly vigorous conservatism in the Liberal Party compared to what Iâve seen in NSW.
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Slammed? Almost every poll that Iâve seen on social media has 80-90% supporting the lockdown. Nobody enjoys a lockdown but everyone knows it needs to be done. Iâm only annoyed that this is dragging on longer than it should have needed too and wish we went this hard sooner⊠but I guess thatâs easy to say in hindsight. Letâs suck this up for a few weeks, get on top of it and move forward.
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Victoria has a lot more extremists on both sides of politics than other states, over time this has spilled into the media a little.
However itâs important to note these are far more niche / have a very limited audience compared to Sydney where talk radio like 2GB dominates so strongly.
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Please do not get me started on the Liberal Opposition. Not one positive comment have come from them since the beginning of this pandemic. They seem to criticise everything but never come up with something that could help the situation. All they seem to do is attack, attack, attack. If they were in Andrewsâ shoes what would they have done differently?
They pushed and pushed the State Government for restrictions to be eased and when they were, they were calling for them to be reinstated. Couldnât win there.
My mother asked on the phone yesterday who is the guy with the glasses. I replied with, thatâs Michael OâBrien the Liberal Opposition Leader 
. No one else probably knows who he is either. OâBrien who?
Come the 2022 Election, weâll probably see Andrewsâ win in a landslide victory again. Which to me is a good thing.
On a different note, I went for my daily exercise today and I honestly canât believe how quiet it was (which is a good thing) and on the roads too. Yesterday, it was every Tom, Dick and Harry out in groups now today I only saw a handful people. Hopefully other people will now start to listen and take note of the new restrictions and obey them.
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At least I am not the only person who has noticed this. I cannot stand Michael OâBrien.
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Itâs not.
We need a sensible opposition: while Andrews is by far the least worst option, I cannot stand how some online seem to elevate him to sainthood for making the same mistakes that would have a Liberal premier scorned for life. And yet, all OâBrien and Smith et. al. seem capable of doing is changing their positions by the day.
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Possibly the difference between a sunny Sunday and a Monday morning⊠but yes there should be considerably less people out and about. Iâm glad that they implemented these changes so quickly because we might start seeing some impacts next week. Now they just need to hurry up and get these new rules in high risk workforces in place.
While Labour might win the next state election, doubt itâll be another landslide considering the campaign will probably partly be about the governmentâs handling of this pandemic.
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Yesterdayâs announcement of stage 4 lockdown has not gone unnoticed in the US. Here is President Donald Trumpâs tweet.
Victoria Police issued 172 fines in the past 24 hours. 27 of them were not wearing a face covering.
- A Keilor resident was travelling to the surf coast to stay at his holiday home
- A Sunshine resident was found in Melbourne playing Pokémon Go
- Two Altona residents eating at a fast food premises after a night at a friends place
- A group were found at a Point Cook rental for a birthday
- A women was at Southern Cross to head to Bendigo
The Liberalsâ tried a scare campaign at the last election and look how that turned out for them.
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Some people have lost the plot altogether.
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A lot of factors determine how this go. We donât know if theyâll do that again.
But especially with COVID and the situation VIC is in right now (which is not necessarily the governmentâs fault) - the focus for many is still thought to be:
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Oh come on!
While the current situation in Victoria means weâre doing worse than sayâŠNew Zealand or Taiwan, Australia still looks comparatively good compared to the absolute disaster that is the United States and their handling of this virus.
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And heâs clearly trying to trigger outrage by using a particular name to call the virus. But letâs not go there again.
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According to V/Line website, Victoria Police along with PSOs are enforcing the stage 4 lockdown rules in the community including on public transport services. Thatâs how that woman was found out at Southern Cross station.