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I won’t be posting again for some time but just a bit of info. Madrooster has told me again that quarantine hotels are allowing people to stay an extra night if it is needed, due to lack of flights. So one less thing to worry about.

Vaccination stakes update. no surprise I guess after the numbers this week to hear Australia has moved to 69th in the list. Moved in front of both Mexico and Colombia (no reprisals yet) and a nose in front of Serbia. there are quite big gaps in the 60s so it might take us a bit of time to...

I doubt it - that’s the only stick they have to try and move us to living with the virus :(

Just been listening to the ACT presser and Barr said in answer to a question that at the National Cabinet meeting yesterday all premiers were on the same page about the need to get vaccinations happening quickly. I gather that might have been the only thing they were in agreement on, but...

It’s been my strategy since early April - not as successful as yours, as being retired we don’t have as much contact. However anyone I see - neighbours in the reserve, dental assistants, people at playgroup and bop tots - just everyone. Amusingly in June Mr FM went to Queanbeyan to order a...

I don’t know how you get anything into McGowan’s head - possibly the recent threat to not give any Fed support “might” make him change from hard border to vaccinate as a strategy but I have my doubts…..

Does WA even matter? They are going to lock themselves away for ever ……

ACT is getting 14,000 doses from the Polish Pfizer - all helps….

It’s why I predicted 80% fully vaccinated in November a month ago - with escalating vaccination and supply it seemed entirely possible rather than basing it on the rates at that point. However current vaccination is exceeding what I thought - pity it took multiple lockdowns, people dying and...

Maybe dual citizen?

Probably didn’t ask for an exemption - just claimed he lived overseas every time he left…..

She keeps circling around it, but it’s clearly something she wants to do, because it keeps popping back up. I generally listen to her presser everyday, but didn’t today as it clashed with an investment briefing for one of my shares - got to prioritise :) EDIT - should hit it early next week.

She has been saying something on those lines for weeks…….She backs down a bit when she gets attacked on that, but it keeps surfacing again. I gather it might be something like a fully vaccinated person can get their cut by another fully vaccinated person.

And isn’t that wonderful. While I was rather proud of ACT’s efforts, getting NSW to the front is much more important :)

MadRooster told me they had started allowing it - possibly because they have enough capacity now? Anyway it’s one of the questions that worry me. The problem is he will not be allowed to enter Victoria if he doesn’t come straight from hotel quarantine - he is not a Vic resident. If he goes to...

Stay positive - even the crazy premiers must want to normalise things again and have tourism and economies restart. I am betting the house on 80% seeing things improve!

Master FM keeps telling me that he is not worried about coming because our cases are so much lower than the USA that he doesn’t see it as a problem. I keep trying to explain it’s not cases it’s borders I am worried about. Qantas has now changed both the bookings I had for him, to 9am on the...

Vaccinations will open for age 16 to 39 in Australia on 30 August

ACT has 96.2% of 70+ with a first jab and 67.6% fully vaccinated- hopefully will keep this group safe in the current outbreak.

Spoke to Master FM today - not sure he really appreciates just what Australia is like these days with border closures etc. Anyway he says Canadian consulates are not doing interviews and he wants to see us, so not worried about having to shelter in place - the American term and so much gentler...