The Senate inquiry investigating the government's coronavirus response will today examine the effect on the aged care sector.
Aged care homes have been linked to more than one third of deaths in New South Wales, including 17 people at the virus-riddled Newmarch House. The Aged Care Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy will appear before the inquiry, where he is expected to be grilled over infection control and visitor protocols.
Let the inmates out into the sunshine and fresh air. The inside air is poisonous!
How's the senate inquiry into sports rorts going?
We knew from day one that the elderly were most at risk. Rather than shutting down the country why didn't we concentrate all our efforts on protecting those most vulnerable?
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Australia 'risking US relationship' over 'Victoria's secretive agreement with China' | Sky News AustraliaThe Australian's Dennis Shanahan says Victoria's government has 'effectively signed a secretive agreement with a foreign government' which has all sorts of potential implications 'for national security and international relations'. \n\nVictoria has confirmed it will push ahead with its plan to sign up to China’s US$1.4 trillion infrastructure program.\n\nThe Belt and Road Initiative is designed to link China with Asia, Europe and Africa via a massive infrastructure investment that will see the widespread construction of railways, motorways and ports.\n\nChina claims the deal will be mutually beneficial, but the federal government has criticised Victoria for signing up for the deal citing possible security implications.\n\nMr Shanahan said the 'message was very clear from the US' following recent comments made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussing the issue with Sky News. \n\nUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stern warning over Victoria’s Belt and Road deal with China, telling Sky News the US will “simply disconnect” from Australia if it affects America's telecommunications. \n\nMr Pompeo said he wasn’t aware of the specific details of the agreement but warned the US “will not take any risks”. \n\n“We will not take any risks to our telecommunications infrastructure, any risk to the national security elements of what we need to do with our Five Eyes partners,” he said.\n\n'The message is there for Victoria and for the rest of Australia,' Mr Shanahan said. \n\nImage: AP \n\n JoeDMillard Who the hell does Andrew's think he is? America has no allies. They will bail on the most significant thing.
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Biden's gaffe shows the Left values 'identity over ideas' | Sky News AustraliaJoe Biden's off-the-cuff remark that 'you ain't black' if you support Donald Trump is indicative of the Left's obsession with 'identity over ideas' according to Sky News host James Morrow.\n\nMr Biden apologised after making the comment to an African American radio host, saying he shouldn't have been so cavalier'.\n\nThe comment came under heavy criticism on social media and triggered outrage among individuals in the African American community. \n\nBlack voters helped to resurrect Mr Biden's campaign in the Democratic primaries after he suffered early setbacks in predominantly white areas.\n\nAccording to a survey by AP news agency of 17 states that voted in February and March, 61% of black voters supported Mr Biden during the primary.\n\n JoeBiden realDonaldTrump pwafork JoeBiden realDonaldTrump pwafork So trump is identity for no ideas? JoeBiden realDonaldTrump pwafork 100%
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FBI, Obama White House trying to 'sabotage' Donald Trump | Sky News AustraliaThe Russia collusion investigation was designed by senior figures in the FBI to “sabotage” Donald Trump’s presidency, according to former campaign advisor George Papadopoulos.\n\nMr Papadopoulos was sentenced to 14 days jail in 2018 for making false statements to the FBI over his contacts with Russia. \n\nIt’s believed a meeting between Mr Papadopoulos and then UK high commissioner Alexander Downer is what sparked the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in US elections.\n\nAccording to a US Inspector General report, Mr Downer passed on information to the FBI after he had drinks with Mr Papadopoulos, who reportedly revealed Russia obtained damaging information about Hillary Clinton and was planning to use it during the 2016 election.\n\nMr Papadopoulos said now that the Russia investigation is over, senior FBI and Department of Justice figures face an on-going criminal investigation “for their conduct.”\n\n GeorgePapa19 realDonaldTrump realDonaldTrump GeorgePapa19 In hindsight perfectly legit! realDonaldTrump GeorgePapa19 Is there *any* rational adult who still attempts to deny this ?
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America’s coronavirus lockdown ‘was destined to fail’ | Sky News AustraliaAcademics and scientists who were behind the America’s stringent lockdown procedures failed to consider the “collateral damage” the policy would wreak on middle- and lower-class families, according to the Lincoln Network cofounder Aaron Ginn. \n\nMany states across America have implemented lockdowns over the past seven weeks in order to delay the spread of COVID-19.\n\nDespite this, the death toll is nearing 100,000 in America with the Centre of Disease Control warning more people will die once restrictions are lifted.\n\nMr Ginn told Sky News while the disease is serious, many health bureaucrats failed to account for the social cost of shutting down large swathes of the economy.\n\nThe 32-year-old came to international prominence after an article he wrote for the website Medium, which questioned experts’ desire to ‘flatten the curve’, was removed online due to its ‘Controversial, Suspect and Extreme content\n\nHe told Sky News lockdowns “run counter” to free and fair society, which is why they were “destined to fail.”\n\n Dur …. surely no reasonable thinking person believes it is better everyone contract COVID-19. It is not the the Scientists and Academics who do not consider the low and middle class. It is the selfish, wealthy and arrogant, with hearts of stone. Who rather cling to stone cold hate, than change for the betterment of society!! They were keeping people alive first and foremost. The morally corrupt system that has no safety net is the reason people are suffering financially. Billionaires are making money as the majority starve. Address that issue.
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Govt shoots down JobKeeper expansion | Sky News AustraliaThe government will not move to broaden the definition of JobKeeper despite the $60 billion saving, Sky News Chief Anchor Kieran Gilbert says. \n\nThe government on Friday revealed a costing error by Treasury meant the wage subsidy scheme was initially forecast $60 billion higher than was required. \n\nIt is now estimated the JobKeeper program will cost the government $70 billion and will cover about 3.5 million workers. \n\nMr Gilbert said senior government sources indicated the scheme would not be widened and they viewed the revised forecast as a good thing. \n\n“They see this as a positive, that the debt burden will be less.”\n\n Kieran_Gilbert The criticism is ridiculous here. When they announced Jobkeeper, it was a forecast. At that point we had no idea how badly Australia would be hit. Many didn’t require it and others hadn’t done their tax or work in the cash economy. Kieran_Gilbert Well done. The leftists don't understand the difference between genuine resources and debt and how to use them. A country could take debt for infrastructure that will pay itself back, that's an investment. Taking debt for Welfare 'dilutes' the country's wealth and creates poverty Kieran_Gilbert Good
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