Opinion: Whatever it takes for Victoria to stop the coronavirus, let's just do it
The Bureau of Meteorology said it would not rain yesterday. It did. The footy tipsters said there was no way Essendon could beat Collingwood. The Bombers won. Believe it or not even the bookies sometimes get it wrong, as do stockbrokers. My mechanic – who is a genius – replaced the wrong part and my old car still stalled at the lights and needed to be fixed twice.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announces fresh restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on Tuesday.Applying the blowtorch to him and his colleagues in the middle of this emergency is not just unhelpful but plain dangerous. He and the team must get on with their job and be provided with every support possible. Just as in the middle of a bushfire emergency, we put out the flames first, ask questions later.
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