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The question of whether vaccination should be compulsory for certain categories of workers is certainly a vexed one. It's a debate that we're yet to have because, at the moment, we just don't have sufficient vaccines to do the job anyway. But it's a debate that will be had eventually. Will...

I felt much the same way when I had my first AZ shot. Just really lethargic. But I had my second shot yesterday and no side effects at all.

No, generally speaking my individual rights don't outweigh anybody else's. But, on the other hand, our individual rights have always been constrained to ensure that we act in a way that is for the general good of our society. I have a right to drive a car, but only if I'm duly licensed...

I suspect that it might be more ideologically driven than that. But when you talk about real pain, what's happening in Sydney at the moment looks a bit like someone putting up with toothache because they don't want to go to the dentist. The length of this lockdown looks like real pain to me.

Night curfew was used here in Victoria during our long lockdown. It achieved two things: (1) It sent a very clear message to the community that our government was serious about the restrictions it had put in place. (Something I feel may be lacking in NSW). (2) It made the job much easier for...

I reckon percentage of population being vaccinated is not the correct metric for opening up. How can it be reasonable to open up before every person in the country (including children) has been given the opportunity to be fully vaccinated? Once we reach that point I'm happy for lockdowns to...

Sorry @earl. My reference to "your" in that rant is not directed at you.

Yes it is. I'm not in favour of broad-based mandatory vaccination. But I am in favour of mandatory vaccinations in certain circumstances and I am in favour of vaccination requirements for certain activities. It all comes down to individual rights and I'm of the view that there is a hierarchy of...

I feel sorry for all my friends in Sydney. Lockdown can be tough - tougher for some than for others. At the moment I suspect that many people in Sydney aren't seeing any light at the end of the tunnel. I think the NSW government has mishandled this wave, and the ensuing lockdown(s), to the...

For Gladys. From the late, great Gerry Rafferty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXW-sL5gzHQ&ab_channel=GerryRafferty

You get the kitten.

Listening to ABC radio this morning there was a discussion about this. Not sure who the "expert" was but he was saying that the vast majority of new hospitalisations were unvaccinated people. Then the governor of Alabama (Republican) came on to lament that only 34% of the states' eligible...

Nup. Not all of them. I'm not there.

Can you imagine the spin: Queenslander Kevin Rudd secures additional Pfizer doses for Australia. Scott Morrison gives them all to NSW. The operative word is "spin". I'm not suggesting for one moment that either of those statements is true.

Yep, I agree (in part). It's disappointing, but only because this outbreak could have been nipped in the bud if the NSW government hadn't gone about the lockdown in such a half-arsed way. But I think there was some diversion of vaccines to Victoria during a previous lockdown, so it's not...

And every time Gladys gets pinned with a difficult question she starts with what sounds like it will be an answer, but then morphs into "....and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the people of NSW blah blah blah.." . And there you have another question that goes unanswered. So...

Sorry that should be 124.

What's with these split figures for people infectious in the community. In addition to the 48 people today, there are another 22 people who were infectious whilst **partially** in the community. That sounds like a snow job to me. Someone who is partially in the community can infect someone who...

Brisbane did a great job with Expo. They'll do a great job with the Olympics too. Beautiful city.

I recognise that, at the moment, our situation in Australia is very different to other nations: (1) Because we have been relatively successful in suppressing the disease (2) Because we haven't had the vaccine availability that other advanced nations have had In other advanced nations, the path...