OPINION | When the economics committee's zoom link to their guest dropped out the MPs tuned in to women’s 4x200m relay in Tokyo instead, writes ViscountBrooky and nickbonyhady CBD
over the video hook-up and let it all hang out by turning to the only logical thing available: the women’s 4x200m relay in Tokyo.were all of us as they battled with Seven’s smartphone app. Despite his status as a Modern Liberal, Wilson only managed to log in as the race was ending.
noted she faced a 14-day quarantine when she returned to Perth, even though her state deems the ACT “low risk”. “I’m not sure I’ll ever be allowed back,” she said. The extended stay of Victorian MPs such as Wilson in the ACT over the next five weeks is a product of Premierdecision to classify the ACT, which hasn’t had a local coronavirus case in more than a year, a “red zone”.
For his part, Wilson declared Andrews’ policy, which forces a 14-day home quarantine on returnees, “kind of cuckoo bananas”.Next week politicians will assemble on Capital Hill with representatives from the most populous state largely forced to dial in remotely thanks to the Greater Sydney lockdown.will be an exception, front and centre after his homestay at The Lodge over the past fortnight, with exemptions only to step outside the gates to attend the cabinet rooms inside Parliament House.
In all, ACT Health said 18 people were given exemptions to come to the territory and quarantine before Parliament, including MPs, staff and families. Three Victorians were granted an exemption too.
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