you referring to the ex-copy become immigration minister?
nastiness piece of work in parliament
tell me what is the purpose of signalling an @Bruce and how does one do it? oh have I just done it? someone has given me a star for that!!
If you removed all the posts that were ‘supposition’ or opinions (as I like to call them) Muddy, the forum would collapse…
What do all these Mobs actually do for a living?
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Indeed.
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I only saw one woman in the crowd demonstrating. It looked like the sort of mob we usually see in third world countries ,a bunch of aggressive bearded men .
Indeed, but money can and does talk, not saying that in this case,…Status can and does go a long way in this world…superficial at its best…power and money…usually the power follows if you have millions in the bank…some with status and money can have a restaurant closed and allow them only to dine…at a cost mind!..
Djokovic followed the rules, it was only when he wouldn’t disclose his vaccination status that the Australian government got their knickers in a twist.
He did nothing wrong and the courts agreed, he followed the rules but because he didn’t fit the zero-COVID 100% vaccination ideology, the Australian government tried to cancel him.
It didn’t work and Australias government have been humiliated in front of the world. Quite rightly so too
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Of course he did something wrong, he refused to disclose his vaccination status?
Was he free to do that?
You follow the rules of Australia when you enter their country, you don’t make your own rules up…
Unfortunately for some of these jumped up tennis players, they think their status is a ticket to do what ever you want…of course that’s just my opinion.
The government must have had a focus group testing the response to their tough on borders stance in this case.
Now there is some questions about his form completed when he arrived, He said he had not travelled two weeks prior to his arrival in Australia but his social media shows he was in Serbia during that time - he arrived from Spain,
There may be more to come.
Notwithstanding the legal aspects of this case, in our skewed world we put undue importance on people who are exceptional athletes.
I always think who are the people who really matter ?
Ie if all the tennis stars and all the refuge collectors in the country dropped dead on the same day who would we miss first ?
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deleted, off topic.
Odd thought experiment.
The refuse collectors could be replaced faster since that job doesn’t take that long to learn, so I don’t think people would miss them unless no one stepped up to do that job.
The tennis stars would take many years to replace since it’s a skill mastered over a long time, for some since they were very young. If you’re a fan of the sport, having a skilled master to look up to might be something people would miss.
If you’re asking which one could we do without entirely, that’s just asking whether we can do without functional services or entertainment. If that’s the case, we could also do without art, movies, television, the internet and sports. I think both functional services and entertainment are important.
The undue importance has to do with money and how people are compensated and how money is over-valued, not how important the people are. Top tennis players make a lot of money because of how much revenue they generate.
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As has been seen when the refuge collectors go on strike they are sorely missed immediately .
But let’s take another example nurses .
If all the nurses dropped dead and nurses take many years of training …
How soon would they be missed ?
If you are in pain and suffering you don’t need a tennis player .
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I knew they would let him in
Oh what a circus Oh what a show 
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me too, I wish I’d placed a bet on it
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I must have a mind block, because I honestly can’t see tennis being a skill…if one said the fittest will win, then yes, a skill…
…same as football…anyway back to topic.
A surgeon or nurse skilled,
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