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https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/26/australia-is-scared-and-confused-about-coronavirus -is-scott-morrison-the-leader-we-need-for-this-grave-moment

This is a pretty intense opinion piece about Scott Morrison. I think it raises some very solid points - our leadership feels like a farce right now. Tonal shifts, mixed messages and an inappropriate adherence to the "everybloke" in one breath followed by weak, schoolmaster-level chiding of bad behavior rather than offering any support or actual leadership. We like to see our government as united to some degree and working well enough as a unit, but our premiers are going off like heads of the hydra.

A couple stories from the ever-present news.com.au live feed:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-australia-live-updates/live-coverage/12fcb32bc9592e593403f78a3f72ae30/amp

• They're turning the parking metres off in Brisbane, starting from tomorrow.
• Phase three, or at least tougher restrictions, are being estimated for "sooner rather than later".
• As early as three hours ago, child care places have been announced to stay open. Schools are still open.

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https://youtu.be/6xG2YjUR5AI

I don't like the music, but the titles of his songs are fucking legendary. But what else would I expect from a guy with an album called You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack

Edit: wrong video lmao

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Strider102 posted...

Any plans to get the Zero/ZX Legacy Collection?

Yep, only if I finish Legacy Collection 2. That's not a guarantee.

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lilORANG posted...

This topic inspired me to get it. The legacy collection is on ps4 for 20 bucks.

Damn, I wasn't expecting to get other people into the game lol

The 2 Legacy Collections are $30 each in Australia, but both of them were down to $15 each. The plan is to finish the first one on my own time, them grab Legacy Collection 2 when it goes on sale again.

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$30 trillion in a month

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Antifar posted...

Note, this vote was about an amendment stripping unemployment benefits from the package:
https://twitter.com/EricLiptonNYT/status/1243014166190882828

Oh, so TC jumped the gun on this topic?

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AirFresh posted...

Wtf guys you always start with Chill Penguin to get dash asap

That's what I did. It helps that Chill Penguin is the easiest boss in the game.

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One more fight against Launch Octopus. So far, the fights that have given me the most trouble are him, Booming Kuwanger and Sting Chameleon. Sting Chameleon in particular can eat a pile of shit and die - thank god for Kuwanger's power.

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At this point, why bother giving him the benefit of the doubt? Whether there's been intent or not, I think it's about time for people to just label him as incompetent.

Like fuck, replace him with another republican who isn't a drooling moron. Just get this stupid sack of shit out of office.

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Tenlaar posted...

I hope the next video is him raging about being banned for this.

He won't, dude is chill and I doubt he'll get banned for this

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I got Legacy Collection 1 for $15. I've screwed around with it on a variety of different platforms but I've never actually sat down and played it seriously. This will be my first time playing it with a controller.

I beat Chill Penguin, Spark Mandrill and Armored Armadillo last night.

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...you know he means you, right?

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Turbam posted...

Is it Tom Nook and Tortimer?

Tortimer is dead

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The Switch board might get kinda bad, but I don't think this is going to top the Last of Us 2 reveal trailer and what it did to the PS4 board

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onedarksoul posted...

How dare not all Americans obey govt 'orders'

found the doorknob licker

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Supermarkets, fuel stations and pharmacies have been given permission to stay open 24/7 if needed

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Damn dude, that's hardcore. Australia is probably right behind you. Are you gonna be okay with the people you're living with, if you do indeed live with people?

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Health experts are saying that Coronavirus might peak in Australia in May or June. The worst case scenario? 100,000 cases in a day.

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-cases-in-australia-will-peak-in-may-or-june-health-authorities-say-c-761936.amp

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Well, today was my last day. I was due to finish this work placement on the 7th of April, but the place is getting rid of non-essential personnel.

My position involved washing cars, and a little bit of admin grunt work like shredding and highlighting. It kept me active, and I was actually getting to really enjoy the physical aspect of the job.

I'm not gonna be that hard up, I've got cash tucked away and my rent is cheap. I have friends and family that I can rely on in my support circle, and hopefully I can be a source of support for them during these hard times.

I'm going to be okay. I'm in a good town where there's no confirmed cases of Coronavirus, I have support in my life and I'm in a place where I think I can support others if push comes to shove. I wouldn't be wasting my free time on GameFAQs if I was on the verge of a grand buttfucking - I'd get around to talking about it, but there's a whole list of priorities I would go to first before coming here.

I'm more worried about you other Aussies. You've shared your situations on here, and I want to be able to help you guys through your own hardships.

It's just a massive bummer, is all. I feel like I was getting along with everyone there, and even earlier today I said to myself "another week and a half to go" to pep myself up. I was looking forward to a bit of a break, but I wasn't anticipating this. As much as I want to put my feet up for a while, I'm a little bit shaken up and sad about how it all ended. I went in today, not knowing if I would be there next week, but I wasn't expecting to be cut loose today. Really cut my goodbyes short, but I got to be gracious and thank them for having me, as well as really speak freely about how I've been feeling.

I'll have more time to be online now, so I'll see about keeping this thread a little more active.

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I don't know. To my knowledge it's all been very touch and go.

In other news, Yang Hengjin - an Australian citizen, scholar and pro-democracy blogger who's been detained in China for 14 months - is set to be prosecuted in the next six weeks.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chinese-government-prepares-to-charge-australian-academic-20200325-p54dq3.html

Funny how the timing works out. We shut everything down and basically grind to a halt to protect our citizens, and China starts processing their political prisoners who they've had under wraps for months or years. There are claims that he's been shackled to a chair and interrogated daily. And the worst part is because of the virus, Hengjin's legal team might not be able to meet him in person to help him make his case.

This is truly despicable.

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The squat churchy bastard's only redeeming quality is that he isn't that sack of shit motorcycle cop Peter Dutton

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TreyFlowers posted...

Another announcement happening right now? Someone update this with what it is, I'm at work

The PM is meeting with the premiers again tonight to discuss phase 3. I was joking with my mum today about having phase 3 by Friday if the pace keeps up, but it seems more and more likely that this will be the case.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-australia-live-updates/live-coverage/a1ed12f6f00f3fdb23df744a5405ee5f

I just went out to lunch, I always get a kebab on Wednesday since the local joint is closed on Monday and Tuesday. I just got my bank card in the mail after losing my last one drinking, and I was really looking forward to my first card purchase being a kebab for lunch. Sure enough, they were closed - no meat on the rack, no tables out. They've closed up shop.

That article I linked says that a potential 2 million Australians could lose their jobs. They're projecting this to be the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

I guess we didn't go full lockdown like the UK, where the police have the power to prosecute people for going outside. They flipped into the lockdown like a light switch, whereas we've rapidly sprinted towards the same measures over the course of a week - like a dimmer switch.

I think I would rather have the lockdown right out of the gate, because we got the brunt of what that would look like at the start of the week. The PM just talked the NSW and VIC premiers down to a barely effective phase one, which created mass confusion. And now we're in phase two on Wednesday, and phase three - the originally reported measures from Berejiklian and Andrews - are almost certainly going into effect by the end of the working week. What was the point?

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Donald Jackin-Off-Onto-Women-Who-Are-Half-My-Age Trump

Donald Jeffrey-Epstein-Was-My-Best-Friend Trump

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Damn, if anyone is gonna have a wedding or a funeral they're gonna have to have it today

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Republicans: Bernie Sanders wants breadlines, millions will suffer under socialism

Republicans: Obamacare will swamp hospitals with people seeking care, ensuring that the people who need care the most will be turned away. Millions of people will die

Republicans: I think it goes without saying that the elderly would rather die en masse than cause economic strain for their grandkids. Keep everything open, and remember the dead for their brave sacrifice! Hail capitalism!

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It wasn't, I think it'll be defined by whatever the government agrees on next. Though Scott Morrison has said that if people skirt the rules or if things get worse, he wouldn't be above imposing more "draconian" laws to keep things in line.

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Porn music videos, give them a go.

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I picked 4. Not too flash on that one :(

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TreyFlowers posted...

Stage 2 tonight?

A quick Google search revealed a couple of articles stating that the government could be considering "stage two", and might be meeting up to discuss the measures. The only sources making bold, confident claims that "stage two" is gonna be coming down the pipes are the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail - I seem to remember the Telegraph being a Murdoch rag (though feel free to correct me on this one), and the Daily Mail is a festering shithole.

Live feed of Coronavirus news from news.com.au - which I think might be a Murdoch-owned site, but which works alright as a news source most of the time imo:
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-australia-live-updates /live-coverage/61905509d50066aa5258863f99847d52

Guardian article covering a bunch of world news:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2020/mar/24/coronavirus-live-news-updates-us-trump-uk-lockdown-global-deaths-cases-covid19-latest-update

A crazy figure from the Guardian: 20% of the global population is apparently in lockdown. A fifth of the population of Earth.

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Turtlebread posted...

I live in Perth and this is the first time Ive heard about

fake news?

Maybe this is more of an east coast thing? Could be a higher concentration over here than in WA, though I remember seeing news about the WA premier this morning in relation to the coronavirus.

If you check the last 5 posts before yours, I provided a link to a news article describing what happened. I also admit that I mixed up news about the AFL delaying their season for 6 months with the shutdown, which is projected to be reviewed each month and adjusted accordingly. That was a fuck up on my part, sorry.

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Love his Mega Man and Diddy, but that Wario is like dollar store Halloween costume level. That might have been his goal though, go for more of a realistic human look instead of the bouncy cartoon goofballs.

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GrandConjuraton posted...

>CE
>Emotional Support

Pick one

My thread about the Aussie shutdown has been pretty wholesome. It's all about setting the tone, and working to cultivate that tone instead of letting things run out of control.

I feel a lot better now, but if you saw my previously mentioned thread, you'll know what's weighing on me. Last night, my government sent out the mother of mixed messages - to begin with, there was talk of shutting down all non-essential services. Then the PM announced that it would only apply to places of worship, pubs, venues designed to hold tons and tons of people.

But the news kept running with the "all non-essential services" angle, even when reporting the places that were absolutely, 100% going to close. So I thought - and I imagine a lot of people thought - that the government hadn't decided on what would close, and had drafted an "essential" and "non-essential" list for the time being. Right now, it looks like the most high risk services are barred from operating, but places like beauty salons can still operate freely.

So it's been a really confusing, fucked up 22 hours for me. But I worry more for users like LightningAce, who had to cross state lines last night before the borders between states closed.

Who got suspended for the suicide talk? Just a name is fine, I won't dwell on the content of it's gonna be a problem.

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So, I just stumbled onto a news article that might help explain the state of affairs in Australia:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-nsw-victoria-rebel-against -scott-morrison-then-back-down/news-story/085788c27ff93aad879e571c5e956dd0

Here's the rundown:

• The premiers of NSW and VIC both came out with hardline statements against non-essential businesses. They said the same things that I did in the OP - all non-essential activity would be shut down across both states.
• Scott Morrison pre-recorded a bunch of interviews before making his announcement last night. In these interviews, there was no definitive answer on what he sought to achieve, because the premiers hadn't met to discuss what action they were going to take.
• At 9pm last night - not 10 like I've been claiming, which is when I became aware of the news - he announced the shutdown of pubs, churches, concert venues etc. These are the venues that were shut today.
• Today, both the NSW and VIC premiers praised the action and pretended that it was what they were gunning for all along. The VIC premier went as far as to say during an interview that he had "promised to take a big step", and that this "was a step, a baby step, but a step in the right direction". Claiming all the way that this is what he meant by "all non-essential businesses will be shut down".

Basic gist of it is that the premiers put out the most extreme statements, and it appears that the PM talked them down to a fraction of the extreme action they were promising.

Also, funny thing - you know what falls under "essential"? Hair cuts. You can go into a hair salon or a barber and get your hair cut in close proximity to another human being, completely destroying the "social distancing" rule, during what was projected to be a total shutdown of non-essential services. Hair cuts are considered to be an essential service.

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Look at all those Eggman's Robots!

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ColdOne666 posted...

Im city all my relatives are country though. I think everyone is gonna get screwed eventually.

This virus is horrid.

Thx for caring.

np dude. We're all in this together.

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LightningAce11 posted...

I had to rush back to my home state before the borders closed.

Sounds like you made it. Glad that you're okay, a mad dash like that could have had any number of complications.

Keep us updated on your situation. Last night was, justifiably, a bit of a blind stumble - places I thought were gonna close in my town didn't close, and until the government can refine what they mean by "non-essential" I think there are going to be swathes of towns in NSW that skirt these laws until the final word comes down.

From what I remember from last night, the PM promised to have the full plan within 48 hours. We're just shy of 24 hours, so hopefully everything will fall into place by tomorrow night.

If you could get onto your employer and see what the deal is, you might still be able to finish your freelance work - depending on what it is, of course. And depending on where you're based and what you're doing, you might still be able to do freelance stuff for a while.

You're gonna know better than me, but after seeing so many places still open today, I want to be optimistic and say that the absolute bludgeon to the dome that was last night's shutdown announcement might end up being less severe than it came across as. The borders are still closed, so I think you made the right call there, but I'm hoping that your area of expertise isn't as harshly affected as the pubs are at the moment.

I'm assuming you're crashing with family - how are the people in your life handling the news?

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ColdOne666 posted...

Aussie here. Its crazy atm. Everyones losing jobs. Havent seen a roll of toilet paper for weeks. My job is safe but family members could lose theres.

That's hardcore dude, I'm sorry to hear that. Are you city or country? Things are alright so far on my end, but I live in the country.

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bobbysjoby2 posted...

Was that real? I know scotty went ghost at that time but was that part real?

It was, he had "RIP Mitch" in his sig and people were legit like "I'm gonna take this with a grain of salt, but in the event that this is real, I'm sorry for your loss". Then it came out that it wasn't real, people actively called him out for doing something as scummy as he did, and he ghosted for a while.

I have him tagged as "Faked Brother's Death". I posted in the topic he made about it.

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tigerslashII posted...

There is no way in hell the lockdown is going to last 6 months without Australia being reduced to a 3rd world nation.

That's poor reporting on my part, sorry @tigerslashII - I read that the AFL were postponing the season for six months, and that mixed in with the shutdown news. The shutdown will be a month-to-month thing, where the government will re-assess the state of things each month and update the shutdown laws as required.

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Conflict posted...

This is not something I can look at and applaud tbh

Sounds terrifying

It was particularly scary last night. The news came in at 10pm, and the official word was that non-essential businesses were to close by noon. "Non-essential" is a very vague, broad term - Woolworths and Coles would have stayed open, since they're essential, but what about Big W and K-Mart? What about clothing stores like Label A and Rivers?

But so far, a majority of businesses are still open. The PM said that they'd be hashing out the details in the next 48 hours, so we'll wait and see. But it looks like the only "non-essential" places that have been hit are high risk areas like churches and pubs and such, where people are packed in like sardines.

I also got two news stories mixed up. The AFL is suspending their season for six months - I conflated that with the nationwide shutdown order. For what it's worth, the shutdown is going to be a month-to-month thing - the government will see how things are going, then they'll pass down the new rules. If things are still shit next month, or are even shitter, then more places close. If things get better, more stuff re-opens. And we've got a massive stimulus package that's going to businesses to pay employees who aren't able to work, as well as to keep pensioners and job seekers afloat.

I'm not saying that as a defence of this shutdown, because so far I think it's been enormously mishandled. We had a 14 hour window to shut down every pub, church and gym in NSW, and quite possibly the whole of Australia. We learned that the country is shutting down late at night, and the time that the new rules would be going into effect was noon the next day. If you were asleep before 10 last night, you would have woken up to the news of "everything's fucking closing by noon except for woolies".

I was taken aback, I was frightened. This is an unprecedented step to take, and I honestly panicked a little bit. The initial comment hit me like a ton of bricks - again, because the term "non-essential" is very broad and vague, and 14 hours is not a long time. A majority of retail places might have had to close, leaving the grocery places and chemists open - my friend works in the one chemist in town that absolutely, 100% cannot shut, even on public holidays.

But now it turns out that a lot of places are still allowed to be open. Big W and K-Mart are still open, and so are Label A and Rivers to my knowledge. McDonalds, KFC, Domino's etc. - still open. The only "non-essential" places to close today we're particularly high risk. So the picture we're looking at is a lot less scary than it was last night. Couple that with the stimulus that's been public knowledge for a little while before this sudden swerve into a shutdown, and things aren't looking as apocalyptic as some folks seem to think. That's partially my fault, sorry - people who will be forced our of a job will most likely still be paid enough to keep the lights on. But I had a chat with my mum this morning to ask if anything like this had happened in her lifetime, and she said that it hadn't. We're living in some weird fucking times, man.

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Work was alright. The disinfecting step of my job has ramped up since last week - I went from using Dettol disinfectant wipes to using a murky brown disinfectant that requires rubber gloves to apply safely. It looks like my job is staying open - same with other businesses that aren't "essential" per se. Those non-essential businesses stayed open today, I think we're all waiting for clarification on what counts as essential. Churches, gyms, pubs, halls and maybe malls - anywhere where people swarm in large groups - are definitely closed though.

It looks like restaurants will stay open, but only for takeaway food - no dining in. And stuff that stayed open today might be closing by the end of the week depending on the official verdict. We got the closure news at 10pm last night with a deadline of noon today, and no-one knows what's going on.

@LightningAce11 - I think freelance work is gonna be okay given that you obey basic social distancing, if human contact is a requirement. You might even be able to work remotely if that's a possibility. Things are looking a lot better today than they were last night.

Everywhere in town is putting tape on the floor to mark the socially appropriate distance that people have to stand at. I went to my local games shop, one of my town's supermarkets, a non-essential supermarket that sells pillows and toys and snacks and video games, etc. and the bank. The local game shop is very local, and they hadn't marked the floor, but everywhere else I went did. That's on top of my workplace, which is also marking the floor with tape.

The next 2 days will be interesting, that's for sure. That's when "essential" and "non-essential" will be defined.

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Leaving now.

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Finishing my morning routine, and about to head into work. I don't have credit on my phone - if I don't get back to y'all in the next 7 hours, assume my workplace stayed open and I worked a full day. If I'm back on before that... well, let's think of it as a holiday. It's better than wallowing.

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F1areaGaman posted...

Why 6 months though? Do they think it will take that long?

I still don't know a single person with the virus. There are no confirmed cases in hundreds of miles

This was an error on my part. I read two different pieces of information and I conflated the two in my head.

The non-essential business shutdown will be taken on a month by month basis, from the looks of things. I mixed that up with reports of the AFL postponing the rest of the season for six months. That's my bad, sorry.

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We just hit Autumn. Right now it's something like 12 degrees C where I live, with a high of 20-something degrees. It was hot here from September to early March - y'know, when the country was burning to the ground. A few months before Summer, giving way into our hottest summer on record and our worst bushfires ever.

We're basically entering cold and flu season here, to my knowledge.

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Just gonna put this out there - tensions might run hot with some folks, but I'd like it if this thread didn't devolve into pissing matches and flaming. If you clash with someone, I'd appreciate people taking it out of the thread and settling it themselves. I want this thread to help - if we're having a hard time, maybe we can support each other or something.

Make your comments and whatnot, but if you're gonna drag out some beef, I would appreciate it getting taken out of the thread.

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Somehow... Palpatine returned.

- Poe Dameron, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Alucard188 posted...

My friend is already on non-essential leave, which is basically them being on payroll without actually paying them. She has to survive until the government actually forces them to shut down, to which that she can apply for enhanced unemployment benefits.

I appreciate the info. The thing about my job right now is that I don't know if it's essential or not, it kinda borders on public health but it kinda doesn't at the same time. I won't know what the deal is until tomorrow morning at 9am, when I go to work.

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LightningAce11 posted...

Is the government doing anything for freelancers?

I dunno, man. This is all I can extrapolate from the stimulus stuff that's come out, and I could very well be wrong about its use. You might have to apply for a job seeker payment to keep the lights on for all I know.

I'm sorry I can't help more on the info front, and I hope things are gonna be okay for you. I want to tell you not to panic until you know exactly what the deal is, but as far as reliable info on the stimulus goes, I'm at a loss.

It's midnight now. The shutdown goes into effect in 12 hours.

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Raikuro posted...

Wouldn't that just make the essential places more crowded than ever? And everyone is forced to go to them with increased chance for exposure...

Maybe so, but you can't buy paracetamol at a Label A, y'know. If no-one can buy food and supplies, everybody starves.

I want to say "people will learn to mind their fucking manners and help each other out", but I already know that's not gonna be the case. Busloads of people from Sydney and Canberra have been coming to my podunk location to pick our stores clean of supplies, despite the sheer amount of stores available to them.

My friend works in a chemist, I'm worried about him - not because of the virus, because I feel like his place of work is going to get annihilated by everyone losing their minds.

Right now, my guess is that things will suck for about two months. Then we'll get that "resilient people standing strong and helping each other out" influx, which will hopefully inspire people to be better. But fuck man, I dunno.

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>fairy bread

found the australian

says the australian with the Aussie shutdown topic, lol

I've heard some of her stuff on Spotify, it gets mixed in with the Rachael Yamagata, Maria Mena and Brandi Carlile I listen to.

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So you don't get to be a saint, martyrs never last this long
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darkmaian23 posted...

Wait, so what are all of the people in Australia without essential jobs going to do for food, shelter, and other necessities? Never mind the eventual lawlessness and civil unrest, how is anyone going to pay for anything if most people don't have money?

The government announced a $66 billion stimulus package. Businesses are gonna get cash to pay for the projected losses, with the idea being that anyone who's unable to work will get paid so they can keep the lights on, and the unemployed and pensioned are going to get increased payments to keep them afloat.

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So you don't get to be a saint, martyrs never last this long
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