Victoria is pushed into the ultimate corner — if stage 4 fails, the future becomes too awful to contemplate

COVID-19 has now made us two Australias. There's Victoria — most specifically Melbourne — and then there's the rest of the country.

By contrast, at least in terms of COVID itself, the other seven states and territories are, Scott Morrison said on Thursday, "in a fantastic position".NSW is holding the line, with a few cases that so far thankfully have not morphed into a dangerous spread.Two Australias but one country In early May, Morrison released a path out of the COVID restrictions that would have had us in reasonable shape everywhere now. Instead, we might as well hire a fortune teller to predict where we'll be, when.The way ahead depends on two uncertainties. Will the Victorian lockdown bring COVID-19 under control? And will the virus be stopped from breaking out elsewhere?

The National Cabinet saw data on the number of jobs estimated to have been lost since COVID-19 hit Australia. Victoria's crisis is forcing the Federal Government into policy gyrations. After announcing just over a fortnight ago tighter eligibility requirements for JobKeeper post September, now it has announced an easing.

On the advice of acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, Victorian MPs going to Canberra must quarantine for 14 days beforehand. That starts from 11:59pm this Sunday.

Its all , ok , bring the Infected into a Capital City . And House them in a Hotel .Come on we all knew how this was going to unfold . Deadly Mutant HIV GMO

why is the govt not looking into this treatment?

Put them all on ivermectin! Or hydroxychloraquine

bluesjack42 No way will dan be let them loose on any stage beyond 4 without riots taking place

Oh FFS shut up and get on with encouraging people on how to make sure it will work. Your headlines are appalling and I won’t read your stupid article in case it kills some of my brain cells. Raise the bar would you

Victorians only have themselves to blame for the mess that they find themselves in. Too many have been too irresponsible.

How can you lock down harder than this? FFS, there was less than two weeks between mask mandate and this new draconian curfew system. It takes more than two weeks for any policy change to take affect. This piss-poor excuse for a government has absolutely no idea what it's doing.

So that is exactly the type of waffle you would expect from the ABC. “Poor Dan” “Bad luck Dan” deflect, deflect “Morrison bad” “LNP picking on Dan”? Tell me michellegrattan in your esteemed opinion, why exactly is the situation so bad in Vic compared to the rest of Australia?

Dan the champion of the leftists, and the ABC. Looking like an extreme failure

And Dan is to blame. He has blood on his hands. He must resign now

You think that is the answer I think it's time to go down a different path

Stage 5 will be next and more $$$$ and jobs gone. We are heading for a return to the dark ages. Andrews and the CHO must resign now. These two have no idea what they're doing.

Mass immigration or permanent lock down, choose one Globalist.

Dan Andrews is desperate to save lives,but th these days people only care about money and the rat race, it's impossible and stupid desperation to blame one sole person for the greed of others. We are blessed to just have water to wash and food to eat as well as a roof over us

A song to support Victoria and Daniel Andrews! Listen/retweet/subscribe :)

It’s not the restriction levels that have failed. It’s the people. Dirty labor voters

Who writes the ABC tweets? Very strange angle to take that’s for sure!

You risk getting a cold.

Poor article

Total madness . Of course it will fail . It only takes one super spreader and we are back at square one .Its just a matter of time We are being lead to the abyss of Covid control .

The country is fine it is chairman dans state that is going to stuff everyone. Well done Dan. Not one Labor pollie has called out his total ineptitude. This destruction is unprecedented. But hey dans still got the belt and road

Not reason for stage 4 to not work. It’s a proven formula in many other countries and same principals 100 years ago during the Spanish Flu.

No it doesn't.

It’s already failed! It failed when the incompetence of Andrews and Labor hired $2- security guards to manage hotel quarantine! manslaughterchargesforDan Dandemic DanMadeDisaster

It won't fail if executed properly

Victoria; the new East Germany?

This man is lying to the people. Wake up and do not take any of it.

Its called the New World Order and Agenda21/30 being implemented, as you can see they are using covid to do this. Wake up before its to late.

The entire Australian government and every main stream media in this country are lying to every person in this country and will be held accountable their false news fed into most homes every hour of the day and night. Stand up Australia and take no more now

Let’s focus on stage 4 first ... it’s only just started. How about give us some hope instead of scaring people if this doesn’t work. All Victorians want this to work. It’s hard enough atm without thinking of this failing.

Can’t be bothered with your opinion

Compared to LEBANON we VICS have just to abide & co -operate!! There is a PANDEMIC allowance too stay home!! Apply for that instead of spreading it about!!👍😷👍😷

Stop testing people with no symptoms, that will lower the infection rate. New data from health authorities in UK, show 81% infected show NO SYMPTOMS, this means the most common symptom is..... no symptoms.

Such a wonderful piece on the sad reality that is destroying Victoria . Malfeasance is pervasive. Thanks MG

Feeling positive on a Friday! Might fuck around and breach some restrictions and blame Dan tonight😊

Another ABC not helpful article

Thanks Dan and CCP for collapsing society and the economy in Victoria. Shame on you.

If 4 fails, of course it will unless that continue to play with numbers to their benefit!!

Who will protect us from a disease with an over 99% survival rate. Please government, strip us of our freedoms.

Stand with Dan KEEP YOUR BORDERS CLOSED ELIMINATE THE VIRUS AND STAY SAFE

This is such BS. All this mental anguish, loss of careers, jobs, businesses, education because a couple of hundred elderly people have died over the space of 5 months? People aren't buying into it anymore. They want their lives back.

STOP RELYING ON FAILED CORRUPT POLITICIANS TO SAVE YOU DOPEY

If Dan Andrews doesn't even know who was running the hotel quaranteen then he should let someone more qualified than himself to call the shots. National csbinet are a failure if they did not discuss and plan a unified logistics plan for each state to follow. auspol springst

And idiots are going to protest the lockdown too extend the lockdown

So 'failure' is now measured by the re-emergence of the disease after we succeeded fantastically in flattening the curve and protecting our hospitals? We were told in Feb?March that it would re-emerge? Have the goal post been moved? if so, who and why?

Another rubbish headline by people who don't understand trends or figures or averages and fixate on gloom, doom and daily cases

Anyone would think Dan Andrews is the one breaking all the rules. The virus is not at zero in Victoria because some Victorians do the wrong thing. The amount of fines and arrests that have been made prove that. Jack it up to stage 7: 24/7 curfew. Ration what's in the pantry.

All these international aircraft arriving from 'hotspots' all over the world, heading to Sydney now, hopefully it gives us a break here in Victoria. WTF is going on with the planes landing in Australia

Seems to me the worst case scenario is go back to stage 3, accept that infections and deaths will occur as they had been, 4-800 daily cases, we get better and better at treating the illness, properly protect the vulnerable and ramp up ICU and space in hospitals as best we can.

We already have china like lockdown... this cant go into the bushfire season, hes kidding himself if he thinks people will stay in over bloody summer. Absolute joke

Let's just get some positivity into this lockdown for a change! With Everybody doing the right thing, ppl not being stupid or selfish, the media & others stop their whinging/blame game ...We Can Beat This! 🙏🏼

If stage 4 fails we will have to take money via the secret Belt and Road program and the Chinese will have a foothold in Australia.

don't give a fuck, ABC shouldn't have opinion articles.

It will only fail if Victorians don't isolate especially when they test positive, well and good that Dan is the Premier but ffs it's every Victorian's responsibility too...

Yeah my god if 200 people die with the average age of 82 - WE SHOULD PANIC AND MAKE EVERYONE A GUILTY PRISONER - AND ALWAYS **OBEY** YOUR LOVING CARING GOVERNMENT.

More encouraging news from the ABC. Pick yourselves up! Might as well be Channel 7 or 9 or...

More hype and hysteria from the media. When are people going to toughen up?

So get the fuck behind him and support him

markbjardine No the future will be bright providing that DanielAndrewsMP together with the PASOK Minister for Health Mikarkos & Minster for Ginormous Incompetence Pakula all resign. Plus failed CMO Climate Change guru Brett Sutton & 'I hate Capt Cook' woke kooknik Analese van Damien.

Stage 5: You are not allow to speak, eat, sex and make jockes about marxists or LGTB.

It will only fail because 'people' are busily undermining the messenger and clouding the message: stay home, wear a mask if you need to get your food, go to the chemist or doctor, or do exercise, get tested for COVID19 if you have mild symptoms. Young people can die.

Why are all these 'opinion pieces' garnished with a tacky picture of Dan Andrews. Do you think we are all stupid? Too much Murdoch at the ABC.

Granville4879 You only need to speak to family and friends outside of Vic, nay Melbourne, to see that we are definitely not in this together. Far from it. My family has forgotten about COVID as they holiday and enjoy life.

markbjardine Stage 5 is obvious. Andrews and his team of fools to be relieved of their input being the first and most crucial manoeuvre.

Ohhh please. Stop. Cases do not equal deaths. This is NOT A PANDEMIC. THE DATA PROVES IT. This is a government gone wrong!! The people are starting to finally see that. There's way more of us than them.

Very best of luck, Victoria ❤

It hasn’t failed anywhere else. It’s simple maths. Why is the ABC stooping to Daily Telegraph headlines?

Too early to speculate

ABC you are shamed. You are at it again. What you are doing.. no words.

First Dan’s RESIGNATION

Can’t you remember PM and Trump had very productive phone talks recently?

Not sure of the point of this article..what's the alternative Michelle?

Somehow I don’t feel that Victoria is part of Australia anymore.

As a Western Australian, pretty sure its 3 Australias. keeptheWAbordershut

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