Sky News host Alan Jones says he doesn’t believe “the government have any idea of the impact of these lockdowns on restaurant owners, café owners, publicans, theatres, cinemas and artists”. “We’ve put the whole economy into a coma”. With the Victoria-NSW border closing for the first time in 100 years “business will go broke”.
In Sydney’s oldest precinct, the Rocks, “most of the businesses are trading 15 per cent of what they were taking in the days before government imposed lockdowns”. Licensee of the Fortune of War Hotel in Sydney, Steven Speed said a large number of domestic tourists will be lost with the closure of the Victoria-NSW border. Image: News Corp Australia
Alan needs a lie down.
Whole world is facing the challenge, not only Australia or Victoria. Look at US, that's the other way.
At least they will be alive Alan - the alternative is they loose their lives
Jones needs to move to USA where his raving stupidity will be appreciated and blessed by Trump,
Alan Jones has no idea about anything at all, so his opinion means jack shit.
I don't believe Alan Jones has an idea about ANYTHING!..........Sorry, maybe a bit about pedophilia and racism.
Well, then he's a moron, of course, they do. The choice is lockdown or mass deaths. See America.
Is that Alan Jones? Anyway. Our present Prime Minister probably believes it is all OK because these things happen when God punishes people
Could have finished that headline at “any idea “
Comrade Dan has never worked a day in his life...University, ALP staffer, politics....no empathy for Victorian citizens....certainly doesn’t care for restaurant and cafe owners... comrade Dan is a fake
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