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Fair enough. Is that just a general view that you shouldn't pay more than something is worth or do you have other reasons for saying that?

Nope. Didn't suggest that he was.

Victoria recorded 1763 cases today. The number of daily cases has doubled in the last 8 days, driven largely by non-compliance with lockdown rules over the AFL grand final weekend. Yesterday the health department announced that elective surgeries will be cut by 50% to make room for the...

You're delusional, but I like it! Well done.

I absolutely agree with you. I don't get all the angst about whether we might have paid $100k too much for Peachey. The forum has been saying for ages now that we can't attract top players, so what's the opportunity cost here? Are we going to miss out on a great recruitment opportunity because...

Frank Hardy's book Power Without Glory, although a work of fiction, doesn't stray too far from the truth about political corruption in Australia. Well worth a read for those who haven't done so already.

Nostradamus! Any word on when West tigers will win its next premiership?

That probably has something to do with it, but what they are saying down here is that it mostly relates to people ignoring the lockdown rules over the AFL grand final weekend. They reckon that they can trace about 500 of today's cases to illegal home gatherings to watch the GF. That was always...

My recently acquired dislike for Penrith (looking at you Ivan) is going to override my long standing dislike of Souths. So I'm going for a Souths win but, realistically, can't see them getting up again over this Panthers side. In any event I've brewed a pretty nice stout which now has about 3...

I haven't read or heard anything in regard to preferential vaccine rollout based on electorates. I was annoyed by the fudging of vaccine allocations, simply because they weren't up front about it. At first they denied it, saying the vaccines came from existing stockpiles, then they had to deny...

I don't think too many people in Victoria would have begrudged Sydney receiving the lion's share of the additional Pfizer vaccines obtained from Poland. You guys had the greater need at the time. The fact that the federal government also secretly diverted other Pfizer vaccine allocations to NSW...

What do you mean. That was the most exciting thing that's happened to me in the last six weeks. And, when I asked my wife if the earth moved for her, she answered "yes". That's the first time she's said that in forty-five years.

I hope you remembered to put your mask on, Zach

This was a real life example of the little boy who cried wolf. If it hadn't come from Giuliani, on behalf of Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon, it may have been treated more seriously. You reap what you sow. In any event it all falls extremely short of showing any actual wrongdoing by Biden senior and Biden junior is...

In 1984 Mick Young had to stand down from the ministry because of a failure to declare and pay customs duty on a large, stuffed Paddington Bear that his wife had packed in her suitcase. That was the bar for ministerial accountability in the 80's. Move on to the current government and we've had...

That's true, but all the same, not too many quarter acre blocks in Singapore.

Yeah that tough. No pitchforks from me. Not too bad for me, I'm retired, so it doesn't affect my income, but one of my sons opened up a new business (as a sole trader) just a couple of weeks before the first lockdown. No financial history, so no jobkeeper and no unemployment benefits. I do my...

My take from the article , assuming the details are correct, is that even after we hit our target vax rates, (about 64% to 67% of **total population**) Covid 19 will still be circulating widely in the community and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Many of us who have been...

Singapore are saying that their vaccination rate, which is 80% of **total population**, has not been sufficient to curtail the spread of the Covid Delta variant. They are suggesting that 90% of **total population** would be required and that will be impossible due to vaccination hesitancy. (ABC...

Correct. Most people I know are saying things like, "We follow the lockdown rules. Oh, except for sometimes we look after the grand kids for a day." or "except" for something else. Also, during the first big lockdown the roads were deserted. Now, not so much. A bit like Sydney, most of the...