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Maybe I have got this wrong, I thought one of things to do was to make sure the most vulnerable people are protected. If they are not vaccinating the over 85's, then how can we expect them to loosen restrictions/borders?

The situation in the UK, US and India are a lot more desperate compared to us here. So it is understandable for them to throw caution to the wind.

I guess that most of us are too attached to zeroes/doughnuts that the thought of anything that may increase the risk even a tiny bit [ eg, traffic light quarantine system] - seems unpalatable politically. When it comes down to it, there would only be a minority who have family...

Sorry I have not read the whole thread, don't know whether it has been discussed. All overseas arrivals need to be quarantined in hotels, yet positive cases are allowed to isolate at home. Anyone feel there is a major inconsistency here?

Australia's neighbours in the Asia-Pacific region are not opening up. It seems to be the countries which copped it worse (US, Europe), they are the ones keen on opening up.

The $$ hit my credit card account today. A loss due to the recent strengthening of the AUD

Was due to fly late July. Flights were cancelled around end of June. Got the points back in 2-3 weeks, still waiting for the $.

According to the smh the $3000 only covers part of the costs of the quarantine process. Article also mentions anecdotal reports of people leaving Australia and returning multiple times. I presume only Australian citizens and PR's not living in Australia have been able to do that. Really...

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/19/malaysia-seeks-to-open-its-borders-to-six-039green039-countries-says-dr-noor-hisham ... PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has begun discussions with six “green” countries that it would like to open its borders to post-Covid-19. Health director-general Datuk...

Much as I would like to, I cannot see that happening. There is also the question of how much we trust other countries' statistics

I am rather curious about the situation in NZ. Why is it that they have not been having cases from returned travellers? Or is it that they don't have any returned travellers? No flights?

Yes, I feel this trans Tasman bubble increasingly improbable. Considering that NZ is looking at relaxing ALL distancing restrictions. Will Australia reach that point in the coming months?

As I understand it, Malaysian citizens get 50% subsidy, and foreigners pay the whole amount. For the two weeks, it is only something like 700 bucks.

I sincerely hope so too!

Yeah, I just wish the government would at least recommend people wear some sort of masks. Why ignore a measure that can potentially cut transmission?

My sexy speedos not going to see any action for a long while

Home quarantine is fine, but there should be some sort of monitoring/surveillance

I was curious, so I looked at the sydney airport website. So we are expecting 9 international flight arrivals today. But how does that reconcile with expecting only 250 Australians to arrive home today??? The flights are averaging 30 pax each???

Unfortunately, this is not true.

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