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Lockdowns, Public Servant Pay Cuts Should Go Hand-in-Hand

Lockdowns, Public Servant Pay Cuts Should Go Hand-in-Hand Commentary “We need to restart our economy. We need to restart our society. We can’t keep Australia under the doona. We need to be able to move ahead.” These were the words of Prime Minister Scott Morrison on April 30 last year. Now, not only is Morrison encouraging premiers to keep their citizens under the doona, he’s buying and distributing them himself. As some commentators noted during Victoria’s fourth lockdown, the prime minister has become a “lockdown enabler.” His announcement that the Commonwealth government would pick up half the tab for income support for individuals and businesses during lockdowns provides an incentive for states to lockdown sooner.

Cian Hussey | The Epoch Times

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NSW COVID: If lockdowns work, cut fat cats pay

Save Share Journal of Psychiatric Research, but amid the exhaustive (and exhausting) media coverage of the coronavirus crisis have barely rated a mention. It is to the credit of the ABC the survey received any attention at all. During September 2020, 9.5 per cent of respondents to the survey reported having seriously considered suicide in the previous 30 days; 33.4 per cent of respondents reported symptoms of anxiety or depression, and 12.3 per cent of respondents reported starting or increasing their use of substances to manage their emotions. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet hasdreportedly suggested to Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant that she should take a 5 per cent pay cut if Sydney or its surrounds were unnecessarily locked down. 

A decade on from plain packaging, what is the result?

A decade on from plain packaging, what is the result? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Cigarettes today are sold in drab olive-brown boxes, replete with yellow warning labels that shout “SMOKING KILLS” next to ugly photographs of gangrenous and rotting toes. There’s a whole generation of younger people who haven’t seen them sold any other way in Australia. Australia was the first country to introduce plain packaging rules. But more than a decade ago, plain packaging was far from reality as tobacco companies and libertarians fought against plans by the Rudd and Gillard governments to introduce it, alongside a hike in tobacco excise, aimed at reducing the number of smokers.

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