Victorian Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien says Victoria has flattened its coronavirus curve and Premier Daniel Andrews now has no excuse not to significantly ease restrictions on Sunday.He has outlined an eight-point alternative roadmap, including an expansion of retail and hospitality
"We're not talking about open slather, we're not talking about laissez faire — we're talking about something that's open, and fair, and we can do that, and we should do that."which have forced thousands of businesses to close and restricted the operations of many others. Mr O'Brien said New South Wales was an example of a state reopening safely without having eliminated the virus.
Notthenineoclo2 Will O'Brien condemn those protestors at the Shrine today.? If he does, it'll be a fake condemnation, of his base.
I lament the fact this once-proud organisation has been reduced to peddling propaganda for the corrupt, incompetent, borderline fascist LNP. The channel which once gave us journalism with integrity, and shows like Spicks and Specks, is no more. RIPABC
didn't the liberals come up with 791 reasons not to suddenly open? libspill DimTim ICAC Corruption DanForPM
Taking advantage of Covid to promote himself.
Best thing is we'll still be able to call them the Victorian opposition after the next election.
Oh yeah. What a great idea...
SackDanAndrews
And what’s QLDs excuse for keeping their border shut? The whole country is a game playing political sham!
Fortunately Premier Andrews will be guided by medical experts. No one cares when what’s his name states the bleeding obvious. He should be thanking the Premier for the fact that the time to open up is nearly here & Vic has not become another US,UK,Italy ,Iran,Spain or India.
The $2 Shop Crazy Bargains Undertaker says wha?
michaelobrienmp Fascinating! Much of it already happening in regional Victoria. Other points for Melbourne already mooted in the media. Where has YOUR plan been for past months? All I've heard has been negative, undermining sniping. Criticise those who are doing - but offer nothing.
Can’t even bring himself as any good leader would To say well done Victoria It’s all negativity with him
Oh **** off. Please tell me he also said something like it's great to see numbers so low and that Victorians should feel very proud of what we have achieved together.
This twerp will be the first to say we opened too early if it goes pear shaped
Well, I'm pleased to see his thinking on this evolving, anyway. He's gone from 'lockdown isn't necessary' to 'lockdown isn't working' to 'lockdown worked'. So at least he agrees that the O'Brien of a few weeks ago is an idiot covid19vic
Yeah nah. Victorian opposition has been beyond pathetic, and damaging to public health. They have no credibility. None
I think Dan Andrews would put what the LOP says in the ‘irrelevant’ box. 😉
And this is why Victorians don't like him. He's willing to go against health advice and put lives at risk so that a few buddies can make money Yes we all want so see loved ones, but not if it's going to kill them springst
If we are so worried about positive cases not staying home, surely police stationed outside those active households is a better solution than locking the whole state in.
Go away ABC and go away OBrien. We’re all quietly celebrating in our homes. We did this without you. Please just stay away today and let us be happy on this day.
michaelobrienmp Victorian Liberal. What a pack of absolute clowns
Why is giving a platform to O’Brien. This mindless moron is only bleating because tiny Tim is after his job.
Does anyone really care what General Incompetence things?
Killing jobs and businesses for noting. Time to reopen.
Spot on, but you know hitler dan wo t do jack shit
God I wish he’d just FO. I’m exhausted with his idiotic ignorant rabble rousing.
Why would the Andrews govt cave to the neo-cons now and give up on the expert medical advice when the Victorian people have done such a spectacular job and have almost eliminated the virus? Good work Victoria. We love you. staysafe stayTheCourse washYourHands
It’s up to Xi Jinping
It's actually really simple. When all state borders are open, regional Vic can go interstate! When all that is allowed, metro starts mixing with regional. Not interested in hearing Gladys again, that I'm not welcome! That was nasty! and unnecesarry just like Victorian Liberal!
Maybe next sunday or the next, we're that close, but let's be sure.
This is what the Victorian response prevented.
Go away O'Brien. Has that dingbat seen the daily infection rate figures in France and England?
And of course the ABC/LNP foghorn will give great publicity to undermining the public health message. Great job ex-murdoch staffers in dumbing down the ABC.
Then they will BLAME Andrews for reopening TOO soon!
But Liberals won’t take any responsibility for future deaths & outbreaks! Australia’s new Nazis!
This guys a drop kick, it’s all well n good to support a popular belief but it does not make it right. We want to get to a point where we can stay open and not end up like england or France.
FatherBob Dan Andrews has no need to listen to a word this person says. He’s been unhelpful since day one.
michaelobrienmp It’s hilarious watching this irrelevant weasel trying to get attention. I’m watching from Sydney and surely Victorians deserve an opposition leader who isn’t a total twat 🤣
michaelobrienmp I want to go to the footy, Michael. My team has finally started to make Grand Finals and I can’t even watch a H n A game live. This prick has got to go. Enough is enough!
michaelobrienmp He’ll follow the CHO’s advice. Not yours
Mickey needs to catch upon the NZers who snuck into Melbourne tonight via Syd..because DHHS DO NOT have the powers to detain them.....hey Mickey...is Victoria a 'draconian State' Open up you say...how about the Kiwis stay with YOU for the weekend
michaelobrienmp Ol' Windscreens O’Brien, we can see straight through you!
Where's the byline you slimy cowards, wtf
And why is this relevant? It's the health experts wbo advise on this. Why do you continue to report stories against the health advice? So sad what you've become.
No byline, presumably authorised by Liberal Party HQ.
Yes let's talk about the opposition and not the only 2 covid cases.
FatherBob If only opinion was science.
There's a good reason why they're the Opposition. Not too smart.
Who's this?
michaelobrienmp Yes he does. Science.
Victorian Opposition can please be quiet while the adults are talking. Yes, we know you need to go, but you will just have to hold on a bit longer. Have a lolly.
How about a fucking thank you?
'Flogging a dead horse' libspill
Bullshit
Seriously this guy must be the worst opposition l have ever seen, why do you give him air time
He says a lot of things!
He said the result had been 'built on the hard work and sacrifice of Victorians' Yes, that’s despite michaelobrienmp undermining the health message allalong the way. You didn’t help us achieve this result and we don’t want your ‘help’ going forward.
Andrews isn't allowed to reopen until after the seventh wave. Otherwise his social credit will be severely effected.
Who cares?
I'd rather wait for some advice from actual experts, not the LNP thought-exercisers :)
I'll give you 17 reasons for us to not to reopen!!!!!
man, who remembers all those other times we had no excuses to open up the state? how spot on were they? badtimes yeahnah
FatherBob Well as a political agnostic I would suggest the 8 point plan here is not that controversial given where case numbers are. Also, probably not that far from what Andrews will do. Maybe they should form a political alliance here instead of arguing on everything pandemic.
Says the King of Clowns
michaelobrienmp DEFUND THE ABC
Another out of touch old auntie turns into a conservative stooge . Such a shame.
And the opposition stands on the sidelines everyday and says a lot (of rubbish)
FatherBob If the Libs were in government in Vic we would be suffering hundreds of daily infections, our deaths would be in the thousands but it would all be good cos Joe Blow and his Sorrento pub would be open, and Qaren at Rosebud would be open for dining
The more pertinent questions is: will NSW open it’s birders to VIC? No? Oh, shut up then
But will the other states reopen to Vic?
FatherBob If we'd listened to all his other calls to reopen, we'd still have hundreds of cases. Fortunately Dan ignores OBrien as the irrelevance that he is.
Victorian opposition is a bunch of irrelevant muppets detached from reality.
Dickhead
It’s about having an ongoing strategy to deal with the virus and subsequent outbreaks. It will never be (short term) eliminated so stop the lockdown and stretch your brain to the issues of how we can be normal but SAFE!
michaelobrienmp Yes Mr O'Brien is absolutely right! We have been virtually locked down since end of March. Andrews government applied world longest harshest lockdown yet brought worst possible outcome. I'm absolutely having enough of this cruel sadistic torture. Need to end, them to resign!
Who is this bloke?
michaelobrienmp But the Andrews Labour Union Government is my expert in excuses than most cult leaders...
michaelobrienmp Sorry Michael but Dan has our full support and he is our Premier ... I would rather listen to him ... then you ...
He will find one. He always does.
He won't he is a dictator, it has nothing to do with the flu its power. Wake up!!!!
Vic Opposition .. still irrelevant. michaelobrienmp waits for 2/0 before releasing a Covid-19 plan. Very helpful.
Where is the balance in this article? It is an opinion piece that does not provide any analysis or opposing points. Also why are we not supplied with the authors name?
If not for this man, how would the state have got through this nightmare? The number of things he has done. I would list them but...
They've been saying that for months no matter what the science says. But yeah, regurgitate garbage. About all ABC is good for these days thisisnotjournalism
ABC News why are you still giving plague rats a platform ?
Who is this man?
Vic LNP and their populist leader might as well be given as much attention as any other minor party considering the amount of seats they have in Parliament. Andrews had a point when he said 'most Victorians don't support the Liberal Party'.
Shhhh we don’t want to hear your opposition poop... would go along way if all were in this together... didn’t last long did it!
Murdoch spin has charged Tim’s magnetism to the loony right & and as a result poor Mr O’Brien has totally lost his inner moral compass.
Liberal party talking point says
Huh? Listen to what European experts say, please. 'HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS' the virus is spreading in every corner... WASH your hands. Wear your mask. SUPPORT, don't undermine, please
Hes hanging for the reopen of The Lobster Cave 🦞🦞🦞🦞
Nobody cares what they think except you lot 😂
He has no excuse! But I’m sure he’ll find one! He’s crazy!
Honestly? SMH
Has he not been saying the same thing for months? Guess nobody is listening to him as he repeats like a broken record What would the death toll be if he had been premier? Reckon it would be like Trumps America which is nothing but a shambles right now
To be given a national platform to say anything you like, create pressure, possibly against expert advice, with absolutely no consequences for the outcome. That is the world of the LNP and the media that perpetuate and amplify this narrative.
So... we reopen to quickly...who gets the blame? who will be demanding that heads roll? Who is only interested in the blame game? Who has no solution? Who? Who? Anyone relevant? 🤔
What an idiot.
Victorian opposition has no excuse to reopen ballot for a leadership challenge
As I have know Idea what the twitter account is, I wish I did as this is the message, DanielAndrewsMP states he has had a gut full of this opposition leader and his idiot minions, he is incharge of opening Victoria, therefore he will be responsible for everything I'm on leave
I'm sorry, but where did he get i=his degree in pathology/epidemiology? Why is this reporter asking a novice for an answer to such a serious question ?
Did I just read a press release? So unbalanced. 'It pains me as a Victorian to say this, but NSW has shown us the way...' When did NSW record 723 infections in a day?
What’s excuse for not congratulating DanielAndrewsMP and his team to drive case numbers down to 2? Instead you give this useless politician exposure that insults Victorians. MurdochRoyalCommision ThisIsNotJournalism
Dan is full of excuses, never run out.
He has proven to be irrelevant throughout this time of crisis; he's forfeited the right to say anything at this late stage. Buffoon.
Muppet man
Little shit
Who?
No excuse except expert modelling. Thanks for giving this dangerous person a platform .
Whose that man? Never heard of him.
Thankfully the O’Brien clown doesn’t make decisions in Vic. ItsTheirABC
If this turkey had his way, we would be in the same situation as Europe. Climbing the third exponential curve to mass morbidity and mortality.
The virus is here. There is no vaccine in sight. We just have to get on with life. SARS has no vaccine 9 years later...
Is there a political opposition? I just thought it was the “thoughtful” Fourth Estate.
Why do our ABC put the little whinger on the news every evening. He never has anything constructive to add.
The LNP are just ridiculous honestly vicpol AusPol AusPol2020
The Victorian opposition have been saying the same thing throughout this 2nd wave. Credibility = 0 LNPFail
Victorian opposition has taken guesses at what might be in announcments Sunday so he can hopefully claim credit for the annoucements. Victorian opposition wants us to once again open too early, and go into a third wave. Victoria Opposition wants us all to risk death for donor $.
If Andrews stated that he wanted to open the state on Sunday O'Brien would oppose it.
Geez, this tosser never stops with his dribble IStandWithDan springst
157 known active cases is pretty good reason to not fully open up.
Just stick to the roadmap
Where’s this clowns red nose
FFS ?! What's his plan? Since u journos are now all obsessed with modelling....what's his modelling say? What are the inputs? Who's doing it? What's his plan if there's an outbreak? WHERE'S HIS PLAN? michaelobrienmp & destabilising VIC since day 1! 😡😡😡
ABC time to move on or maybe your journalism is lazy and you only can read what the Victorian Opposition gives you.
Oh look what’s his name trying to be relevant again.
Who?
Far out ABC stop reporting this air horn of a human.
Victorian opposition wants to kill your grandma.
What?!? A Liberal party member saying something against a Labour party member to benifit themselves?!? Say it ain't so!!!
Here's some free advice michaelobrienmp. How about you negotiate with your LNP opposites in SA, NSW and Tas to open their borders with us. If you think there is no excuse to remove all restrictions here you must presumably be able to convince them right?
We are tired of the opposition.
Victorian opposition leader (aka Mr Side Letter) doesn't have a large enough fortune to buy a clue.
Not his call. 🤣
The ranting of the so obsolete he’s invisible
This guy is a joke
But that is what DanielAndrewsMP is doing! It’s going to be a tad slower but my guess is he will also announce that he will watch the numbers next week and announce more the following Sunday. That’s the original date! COVID19Victoria
Who cares what they say?
michaelobrienmp Poor Michael...more of the same cheap politics. whinewithobrien
He will protect the state from covid with his mighty forehead.
The weird thing is if the libs had been constructive rather than opportunistic and tedious, people might have actually listened to their suggestions. Instead they’re despised for how they’ve tried to cynically garner votes by flailing from one extreme position to another
Who cares what a nobody says, Vic Premier Daniel Andrews is acting on health advice not stupidity
O’Brien is not opposition, he and his criminal mates are irresponsible and irrelevant!
Stop promoting him and his ideas. Do you ever say anything positive about the vic government?
Open it NOW, the China Virus is just a bad cold.
You need to shut your mouth!
Jesus. This heckling and the unhelpful media coverage of it is relentless.
Who's the guy in the photo
People are flying in for a holidays from NZ and Victorians can’t even go 6kms... what a disgrace
You can't just open everything just like that. Steady wins the race. Use common sense
The bleating sheep O'Brien isn't even an excuse for an Opposition Leader. Leave it to the grownups.
We have an opposition? 🤔
Except the TRUCK driver & that out of Regional infection trip It only takes one Idiot willing to lie
More politics. Open gets outta hand then bad. Open slowly bad. Stay as is bad. What does this guy stand for except for self interest?
Cellophane, Mr Cellophane, should've been his name...
Who
Whilst forcibly obtaining gps data and putting everyone in electronic ankle bracelets
That’s why he is still the opposition leader... would put peoples lives at risk! DanAndrews won’t take chances! auspol
on 16 Jun we had better situation, 2 new cases & 51 active cases.thing got worse & turned into second peak. now we have 2 new cases & 175 active cases which means we aren't back to the first square yet & this irresponsible ignorant person politically tries to intimidate the Gov.
Trying to stay relevant, are we?
Except that he's an idiot
Haircut!!!
Not sure why the ABC thinks O'Brien's statements have any news value.
Will Premier Michael O'Brien please come to the front desk, there's a phone call for you. Yes Sir, it's a Mr. Dan Andrews. He says he has advice for you. Yes Sir, he knows it's not his call, he has no responsibility for the call but Sir, you must listen. Why? Well... because
Well it’s not like he can talk about it at national cabinet
He's useless, shouldn't be wasting air time on him
Whinge-Scream O'Brien is a one trick pony
A third wave sounds like a pretty good excuse to me.
The ABC once again backing the Trump-like opposition leader who undermined public health measures? 🙄
It’s telling that you won’t even tweet the leader’s name, given the object of mirth he is. springst
You would have to think so. The other states and territories are mostly open and seem to be controlling Covid, why can't Victoria?🤷♂️
michaelobrienmp should stop grandstanding and 'telling' DanielAndrewsMP what to do. Hasn't he heard that the numbers and the narrative behind them will be the main inputs to the decisions? Perhaps, he does not listen nor understand.
All these things he’s suggesting...aren’t they going to happen anyway in the next few weeks? He has nothing new to offer except whinging. As usual.
Few give a flying rat's what that appalling man says. ABC pretty much at the bottom of the barrell now. auspol
And this clown has no idea what he's doing 🤡
Wait your turn you PATHETIC excuse for an OPP. MP!!🤣😂👎😡
I think I might wait for the CHO's advice
No excuse but there is a good reason not to take this fools advice and its called a 3RD WAVE!!
Who cares what this guy thinks, he should be totally ignored. His pathetic attempts to make himself politically relevant has only harmed Victoria's response to the covid breakout, fortunately he sucks at it so his bile hasn't been too contagious
What a motor mouthed sh^t dribbler
The opposition has been calling Victorians stupid for following the health advice for months. They have absolutely no credibility at all regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. MatthewGuyMP sit down, shut up & let the adults run the state.
Opposition leader looking like a fool
Are you the comms office for the Liberal party now?
Tbh it has been consistent messaging from the Liberals. They don’t seem to have much positive to offer 💩
Oh dear poor irrelevant LNP
The last thing I want is a hasty reopening. I do not want to get thrown back into two more months of lockdown because these businesses can't bear one more weekend.
Hahahahaha the leftard comments on this say a lot.
More white noise. Not even worth clicking on the link. Unhelpful Irrelevant
Always good to hear from the official Liberal Party broadcaster.
Thank god this muppet isn’t premier
the Victorian Opposition has no right to think it is relevant in any way.
Who?
Well Dan probably will announce probably 90% of this on Sunday.
And the public health team advising him is...who? Why does some guy's opinion get so much air time? It's uninformed hot air.
He's the most irrelevant person at the moment, you will get plenty of time to make him relevant during election. Can we focus on beating the virus now? RIPABC
Does anyone have an excuse for the Victorian opposition?
I know you realise that most Victorians do not care what the LNPfail have to say? They have been obstructing progress at every stage. michaelobrienmp
Why do they want a third wave so badly. Oh right it'll help the libs get reelected if there's a third wave
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