Nationals Senator Matt Canavan is calling on the Victorian government to reconsider its blanket approach to lockdowns “because they are suffocating country towns”. “Many regional locations have zero cases and it doesn’t seem right to me that the same restrictions are applied to a country town as exist for a major city where there is an outbreak,” he told Sky News.
“We need to try and keep as many parts of the country going during this, so I think a much more targeted local approach would be better.” Senator Canavan said the Victorian government needed to try and save as many jobs and as much of the economy as possible “so we can all continue to pay for the assistance we need to provide for people who are unfortunately in the lockdown”.
mattjcan No shit.
mattjcan C itizens O f V ictoria I gnoring D irections 1 9
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mattjcan this was Dan's plan all along!
mattjcan Worse than that, they are destroying our country and all for 23 deaths (excl. aged-care facilities) in the whole of Melbourne & suburbs. Remove the military-style lockdown now !
mattjcan Unfortunately it’s not just regional businesses. All businesses are suffering. We either lift the restriction and live with the virus or we need to lockdown completely, the whole state. Just because regional Vic has no or less cases doesn’t mean the virus won’t spread.
mattjcan Andrews & his government along with all advisors should forgoe wages (no reimbursement ever) until such time as Stage 1 is achieved Without skin in the game they have no incentive to fix it
mattjcan All of this to cover his branch stacking scandal. Does anyone else remember that?
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