Health
State of emergency must be extended but it’s no blank cheque for Andrews – Brisbane Times
Some lecture us on the need to reopen “for the sake of the economy”. If we don’t beat this deadly coronavirus scourge, we won’t have an economy.
Back to the state of emergency legislation, which ends September 13. Only several weeks from now. Sadly, but in the interests of our health, it must be extended. Otherwise, come September 14, the Chief Health Officer can no longer enforce the wearing of masks, the limiting of gatherings in private and in public. And our police officers will be neutered.
Premier Daniel Andrews.Credit:Joe Armao
But that extension cannot be an endless piece of undemocratic string. Originally, I thought maybe six …
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