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Not sure if I should start another thread, but there are already so many other threads on this damn virus.
One of the things that has been at the back of my mind for the last couple of months is the rapid changes of "rules" and the disparity between the messaging between the feds and state governments.
Don't get me wrong, in the whole scheme of things, a few glitches here and there, between them they have done a reasonable job in a once in a century type event.
In the normal course of events, laws are proposed, discussed at length, lots of media attention, various lobby groups have their say, laws get debated, passed and gazetted and come into force sometimes 12 months or more later accompanied by copious coordinated advertising to effected parties via both the gov and the various associations, industry bodies etc.
This time round temporary emergency health rules were changing rapidly and one had to rely on watching the right politician at the right time in the right state to get some idea of what the restrictions were at that point in time. The public declarations were imprecise, sometimes not documented and often altered/nuanced a day or so later.
If you were not an internet savvy person, or did not have the internet at home, or worked shift work and missed the news on TV, how were you supposed to know what was allowed and what wasn't. How could you find the documentation that did exist to tell you what was going on. Could some of the fines have been issued to, not only flagrant deliberate breeches, but also those genuinely unaware.
Just among my own friends on phone calls I heard them often say things that weren't correct because they had heard or seen a summary of a different premiers comments in the media.
Was wondering what suggestions the brains trust have of what changes could be made for a future event (and maybe next 3 stages of the unravelling) to ensure the information is conveyed in a more coherent manner.
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not complaining or seeking to have a go, just think we can always learn to improve.
One of the things that has been at the back of my mind for the last couple of months is the rapid changes of "rules" and the disparity between the messaging between the feds and state governments.
Don't get me wrong, in the whole scheme of things, a few glitches here and there, between them they have done a reasonable job in a once in a century type event.
In the normal course of events, laws are proposed, discussed at length, lots of media attention, various lobby groups have their say, laws get debated, passed and gazetted and come into force sometimes 12 months or more later accompanied by copious coordinated advertising to effected parties via both the gov and the various associations, industry bodies etc.
This time round temporary emergency health rules were changing rapidly and one had to rely on watching the right politician at the right time in the right state to get some idea of what the restrictions were at that point in time. The public declarations were imprecise, sometimes not documented and often altered/nuanced a day or so later.
If you were not an internet savvy person, or did not have the internet at home, or worked shift work and missed the news on TV, how were you supposed to know what was allowed and what wasn't. How could you find the documentation that did exist to tell you what was going on. Could some of the fines have been issued to, not only flagrant deliberate breeches, but also those genuinely unaware.
Just among my own friends on phone calls I heard them often say things that weren't correct because they had heard or seen a summary of a different premiers comments in the media.
Was wondering what suggestions the brains trust have of what changes could be made for a future event (and maybe next 3 stages of the unravelling) to ensure the information is conveyed in a more coherent manner.
Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not complaining or seeking to have a go, just think we can always learn to improve.
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Apparently Google are opening their offices in the USA, but 15% of staff first and slowly increasing. Because it is easy for him and his partner to wfh they will be at the end.
And where I 'accuse others of never having seen it'. 
