Politics is a dirty word

The Australian Government has deployed HMAS Parramatta, a guided missile frigate to the South China Sea to support the United States in its confrontation with the Chinese Navy. The Parramatta was built in 2000 and has an anti ship missile defence system including a phased array radar. It carries a range of missiles, guns and torpedoes. In addition to naval vessels, China has deployed several H-6K heavy bombers.

Scientists from Oxford University’s Jenner Institute have begun human trials of a potential COVID19 vaccine. The research has been conducted in partnership with the Pirbright Institute, a leading biowarfare research laboratory in Surrey.

Allegations that the World Health Organisation was responsible for some kind of cover up about the coronavirus outbreak which has become the COVID19 pandemic, were pretty much shot to ribbons at an Australian Senate inquiry. Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy acknowledged that Australian health authorities were first notified of the Wuhan cluster coronavirus by the World Health Organisation on January 1. Bur that revelation won’t satisfy critics – particularly political hacks.

The Australian Government had a unique opportunity to protect Australians from the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic by imposing strict quarantine controls on everyone entering the country at the time it became aware of the virus – instead, passengers on ships and aircraft were allowed to use public transport freely on their way to ‘self-isolation’. Now Austrralians are subjected to a range of panic measures which are claimed to be for our own good.In reality it’s an exercise in population control designed to see how far people can be pushed before creating a revolution. Pity the Government didn’t think about the welfare of the population at the start of the year.