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#2529246 27-Jul-2020 08:34

freitasm:
Australia, the America of the Southern Hemisphere now?

"I will be suing you personally." A Melbourne woman wasn't too happy when police stopped to ask her why she wasn't wearing a mask."

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#2529276 27-Jul-2020 09:44

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12350893

Just wondering
If the family that did the recent quarantine runner get convicted , will Aus ban them from re-entering Australia ?
Aus takes a dim view of Kiwis with criminal convictions .

That would be a sweet karmic slap in face :-)

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#2529281 27-Jul-2020 09:52

1101:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12350893

Just wondering
If the family that did the recent quarantine runner get convicted , will Aus ban them from re-entering Australia ?
Aus takes a dim view of Kiwis with criminal convictions .

That would be a sweet karmic slap in face :-)

I'd say there was a very good chance of that happening: they'd be refused entry on the grounds of 'bad character'

Talk about "unintended consequences"

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#2529284 27-Jul-2020 09:55

Unless the judge says no conviction to prevent further problems in life... Don't they do it with undeserving athletes?

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#2529285 27-Jul-2020 09:56

New Zealander tested positive after arriving in South Korea. Still waiting for confirmation, more information.

Could it be something caught during the flight? False positive? Community?

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#2529294 27-Jul-2020 10:12

freitasm:

New Zealander tested positive after arriving in South Korea. Still waiting for confirmation, more information.

Could it be something caught during the flight? False positive? Community?

There don't appear to have been any direct AKL-ICN flights on the 23rd or 24th,(neither Korean air or Air NZ are currently running scheduled services) so the most direct route would have been via Singapore?, but they could have gone via a number of other routes...

I am guessing there will be more info given or more questions at the 1pm briefing

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#2529296 27-Jul-2020 10:20

The Big Picture ...

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#2529339 27-Jul-2020 11:15

Bases well covered then by the sounds of it.

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#2529406 27-Jul-2020 12:50

Apparently lock down was illegal?

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122246432/court-hearing-starts-to-challenge-part-of-the-covid19-lockdown-rules

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#2529412 27-Jul-2020 13:10

Batman: Apparently lock down was illegal?

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122246432/court-hearing-starts-to-challenge-part-of-the-covid19-lockdown-rules

Too early to say, the court will decide.

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#2529414 27-Jul-2020 13:24

Batman: Apparently lock down was illegal?

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122246432/court-hearing-starts-to-challenge-part-of-the-covid19-lockdown-rules

Too bad. If it is deemed to be illegal, the law is wrong. Or some feel/interpret that a worldwide pandemic that is growing more now than ever is not that important enough to allow a Govt to take some control. What if we got invaded, would that make a difference if invading troops were walking through our streets? Well they were, invisible troops. The outcome shows that the correct measures were taken

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#2529416 27-Jul-2020 13:26

Aspects of it. Not all of it.

Appears about the wording used on paper, vs what was said at the PM standups being picked on as defence. Because the way she said it in their eyes presumed enforcement. When the paper didn't have the same alingments written on it

It cannot be a true reading of the statements made, that this was all voluntary, Mijatov said. The Prime Minister told the nation, “This has to happen, and there will be no tolerance”, he said.

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment decided what essential services could continue to operate and Borrowdale is expected to say that, at least to some extent, the delegation of that power was unlawful.

But it put us in our current position. Dragging this out just gives artillery to the anti government anti Covid believers to fight it if a 2nd round were to come about. Bring on the US public revolutions.

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#2529418 27-Jul-2020 13:33

Batman: Apparently lock down was illegal?

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122246432/court-hearing-starts-to-challenge-part-of-the-covid19-lockdown-rules

Of great interest to law school academics and those with way to much time on their hands,

As for its implications for real life not so much,

If the review determines that the way the decisions were made was not legal, they will be made in a different way next time....

If people start to bring cases saying they were illegally detained, I would suspect that parliament will retrospectively legalise them ......

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#2529426 27-Jul-2020 13:47

wellygary:

Of great interest to law school academics and those with way to much time on their hands,

As for its implications for real life not so much,

I suspect the people who were charged with lockdown offences in the early days of Level 4 would probably disagree.

You can't really have the Prime Minister get up and threaten people with detainment for not complying with an order that hasn't got correct legal standing.

Turning a blind eye to it because the PM is being praised for being an effective communicator isn't a sound basis for constitutional conduct.

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#2529427 27-Jul-2020 13:47

Oblivian:

But it put us in our current position. Dragging this out just gives artillery to the anti government anti Covid believers to fight it if a 2nd round were to come about. Bring on the US public revolutions.

Expecting to see lots of Karens providing comments on the nightly news saying how essential it is that we have our rights to get the disease upheld...

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