Sky News host Chris Kenny says Collingwood Football Club can fly to South Australia to play a footy match but in Victoria, families are kept apart, funerals and weddings are thrown into chaos, and casual workers are stuck without pay.
| "So, while families are kept apart, funerals and weddings have been thrown into chaos, and casual workers in Melbourne are stuck without pay, Collingwood has been given an exemption to fly into Adelaide for Saturday's game," he said.
Mr Kenny said the South Australian government's Chief Health Officer Professor Nicola Spurrier, gave advice for the game which demonstrated "how nuts these politicians and bureaucrats have become". Ms Spurrier said spectators at Adelaide oval must "duck" and "not touch that ball" if the ball lands in the crowd. "Better still, when they toss the ball back onto the oval - warn the Collingwood players not to touch it," Mr Kenny said.
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