0ktema wrote on Apr 12^th, 2020 at 10:04pm:


So true. the Virus has given us the opportunity to get our Economic priorities right.

For a Nation of Convicts, this Solitary Confinement sorts the Australians out from the frauds.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing Australia being a World Leader in this, unless New Zealand pips us first for Oceania.

The world is looking for a leading example.
It's going to be hard for other nations who don't really deal with 'Authority' - who could blame them when Authority itself sometimes kills them all off. Little wonder they don't want to be Locked Down. They would rather Revolt, Rise Up and anything else from their 'oppressive' Authority.

So if we can show the way for the World.
Then there is 'Political' hope for the World.
Of course, ScoMo will try to say it's all because of him.
But its really due to the Australian 'People'.

Jasin wrote on Apr 12^th, 2020 at 9:11pm:


Even if it could go back, it's can't tomorrow. 

We've been extremely lucky given all the mistakes made early on and that maybe our downfall.

So many people calling it a hoax, claiming the hospitals are empty, it's a MSM plot to X (bring in a 1 world government or whatever), they have the luxury of doing that because our first wave was not a tsunami but a ripple.

If they had their way, just like those like Scoot and the other retards want, the hospitals will be overrun and our death toll will be in the 5 to 6 digits before they would admit the seriousness of the situation, and like our favourite dickhead in chief, they'd make excuses that it could be worse, be happy that so few "heroes" have been sacrificed int his "war".

The problem is, at that point, they'll be looking for people to blame, just like Trump is, as to how things got so bad.  It won't be them or those like them who spread their uninformed "opinions" that it's not a big deal, stop cowering at home under the bed.

For some reason, their brains are just not able to overcome the ideology they've clung to for so long which has shown in many cases around the world with the various government responses to be totally political in nature and in some cases faulty or totally wrong, and they just can't accept the situation on the ground.  For so long they've deluded themselves into thinking they're right and by default every differeing opinion is wrong.

It must be chaotic for them, seeing these "wrong opinions" put into action by Government who for decades have been trying to dismantle health systems, screw the poor and foster the economic notion of "the free market knows best".  It's an admission that they're wrong and it must drive them crazy.

Well, with borders closed, where has that left us now?

They're so dead set to stay in their lane when the world has turned onto a different road entirely they're lost.

Governments will face growing pressure of their people to make their nations more self-sufficient, built and manufacture things again.

But the various lobby groups will fight to prevent legislation to do that and instead want it to be "voluntary".  They'll, of course, put their hands out, but as we get out of the other side of this, because "regulation bad" eventually the "Free Market" will be let to control the wheel and while it may not be China, they'll find somewhere else to again move offshore, firing Australian workers and leaving us in the same situation as we were before.

People's memories are too short and their ideologies run too deep.

They need to preface their cries of "Won't somebody think of the children economy!" to cite which news platform/lobby group they've been fed their opinions so we can track whose interests are being looked after over ours, the people.

None of those are priorities. They are just statements you made up to disagree with.

freediver wrote on Apr 13^th, 2020 at 8:32am:


So you want Australia to continue to be reliant on China for manufacturing?  Having our utilities and critical infrastructure owned by foreign interests?

If not, how else will that change if not regulated by the Government?  The private sector has already decided that China is better.  Profit is better.

If they're going to be dragged kicking and screaming back to building local, they'll want subsidies, protections, tariffs.

The Government may even need to step in and take control of some industries and nationalise them.

At the end of all of this, when they're back up and running, will the Government of the day retain control? 

No, they'll be lobbied into lowering the regulations of employing X local Australians, they'll start lowering some tariffs to help X lobby groups benefactors get cheaper parts, slowly whiteant and chip away at the system and all the positive changes that were made because they have too many Government fingerprints on them.

The Coalition and possibly even Labor will want a short term boost in the economy to show they're better managers by selling everything, again, and it will eventually move back offshore and we'll be left in the same situation we are now but an even bigger bill to pay, again.

But since you've dismissed that, what would your economic priorities be right now?

ProudKangaroo wrote on Apr 13^th, 2020 at 8:27am:


YES lets put AUSTRALIA first.

When I heard Fanta pants first say the USA first and then all others I thought great this may catch on but our polies weren't buying.

Maybe now after corona they will realise that we shouldn't depend on anyone for anything because in an emergency everyone will look after their own first.

And lets put essential services in government hands were they belong.

Who would you rather be in charge of essential services a hand full of business men looking to make a profit or our government.....!

I have lived through both and the answer imo is our government.

Boris Johnson is praising the NHS staff for saving his life - must've been a desperate battle - his hair looks like he's been in a very deep crisis for a month or so....

Oh .... sorry............. that's normal... must take his hairdresser an hour a day to get that right....