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Premier Daniel Andrews has been urged to provide assurances that Victoria's contact tracing system will work when coronavirus restrictions ease.

Tim Piper, the Victorian head of the Australian Industry Group, said his team would raise issues including the need to strike a balance between protecting people's health and livelihoods, recognising that businesses can operate safely, and not imposing a blanket ban on geographical locations or industries.

"People are coming to the end of their tether by being in these restrictions and it's not just a few, it's many people. So we have to understand what these restrictions are doing to people's lives, livelihoods and to our economy." "I think we face a prospect of a very different set of circumstances [compared to the end of the first wave], but at the same time we will need to be incredibly vigilant and that's why the team is working incredibly hard," Mr Andrews said.

Meanwhile, a claim filed in the Victorian Supreme Court last Friday says the government and its ministers were negligent and breached their duty of care through mismanagement of hotel quarantine.

 

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So sick of Daniel Andrews! Zero faith in his government! The Victorian contract system is a joke!

I’d like a reassurance that TheAge. will stop publishing LNP propaganda and right-wing shit from the Nine trolls in Sydney auspol

more clickbait that amounts to federal response failure. What did the app do but make the LNP friends more money without providing the service the Australian people paid for?

Wasn't the app was meant to do this?

There’s a hidden political agenda behind all these deaths at aged care centres. We pulled my grandparents out and they are worried about their friends who are being diagnosed with Covid without any symptoms - then isolating them without the care they need resulting in deaths.

See this is a very reasonable question that we do need answers to so we can feel confident when restrictions ease. Unlike the constant ‘when will they ease?’ ‘When will they ease?’

Can the people provide a guarantee that they will follow the isolation rules and that they will provide the contact tracers the correct info?

migga Make Victoria reopen but everyone has to download the Govt app but change the time that it picks up a contact from 15 minutes to 1 minute. I think that would make the app work better than it has been and cases could be traced.

I support Dan Andrews - he is our elected rep. I would like assurance that the active cases are being monitored to ensure Covid isn’t being spread further.

Yeah sure it will, like everything else they have had their fingers on too...clusterfuk

Good job 👍

SarcasmI mean I think we should get the government2assure that everything will B fine moving forward. So4them2do that,here is my thought. Lets do a deal with the virus that it will stop infecting people for the next month or so to give everyone a chance to catch up!/sarcasm

Will work...lol what a joke

migga 'When it's better' isn't much of an exit strategy for a program that has wreaked havoc. Not saying it wasn't needed, but what precisely is the exit strategy? As much structure as the rest of the program - figure it out tomorrow.

Perhaps those seeking direction could offer a plan....for scrutiny.....

To state border confusion closures cost a woman the life of a twin is an absolute ignorant disgrace. Notice the woman and family have backed off blaming the borders. Twin to Twin Syndrome often sees the demise of one infant at some stage...nothing to do with delayed treatment.

Oh yeas, let’s hear him meaninglessly come say “The buck stops with me” again. Utterly empty words from this guy. Resign.

시간이 끝났습니다. 메시아께서 오십니다. 우리는 회개와 거룩함으로 주님의 길을 예비해야 합니다. 회개와거룩함사역회 TheMegaService

Hasn’t he already told us it is working? Perfectly. For the past 8 weeks. Why do we need assurances now? Why is the media writing this shit? Why don’t you know it is working? Do you farken job. Beggars belief. DanielAndrewsMP VictorianCHO

Deleted covidsafe off my phone as soon as he attempted to extend his stranglehold on Victoria another 12 months.

Business leaders can just be patient like the rest of us

Contact tracing in NSW is broadly comparable to the results in Victoria. This graph shows local transmission in NSW and Vic since pandemic began.

Dumb Dan

Business leader have decided to support Victorian premier and assist him in his efforts to make Victoria safe again.

Really? Can the federal government assure us that the covidsafe app is now working for contact tracing purposes? auspol

This guy could tell you pigs would fly and most Victorians would believe him.........the greatest Hoover vacum cleaner salesman that has ever graced the earth.

Yep can't ignore the questions indefinitely

DanielAndrewsMP the point of lockdown is to make it easy for you to control, fix mistakes, prepare the health system. if zero is what you look for, then in theory it's possible, in real life, see NZ, China, Korea, UK, Italy, Spain... you will ease restrictions next year

Glady is definitely fudging the numbers !!!! Wake up every one

Photo sums it up. No idea!

Don’t hold your breath. DanielAndrewsMP wouldn’t know how to get out of a car park with a map, let alone rebuild an economy his incompetence destroyed in the first place. The man is simply bereft of any idea.

Victoria is cooked like a roasted chicken. Dan aint the man. Like the Titantic we are sinking into an abyss that has no detailed path out.

Hi DanielAndrewsMP we are NOT the people of Libya and you are not our “Brotherly leader” but i truely believe you are reading from the green book ! ScottMorrisonMP you need to stop him don’t be a Chamberlain!!!!

Those people calling for this could make sure they have downloaded the app on their phones

migga 'Premier Daniel Andrews has been urged to provide assurances that Victoria's contact tracing system will work if he ever lets coronavirus restrictions ease.' Fixed it for you.

74 out of 114 cases today untraceable. Brendan Murphy and the AMA have voiced concerns over your contact tracing. ZERO faith in the Andrews govt. You’ve had 6 months to get it right. Please consider addressing this issue and any lessons learned. Would appreciate transparency

...no plan.

Assurances.... ? His word, opinions or decisions are not worth any more than a used tampon

Here's a question for you pro media watchdogs: what is the cycle threshold used for Vic's PCR testing, and has it ever been changed? 🤔

I know what about every other Victorian uses logic and if your feeling unwell stay home away from loved ones and other Victorian’s and get tested oh I forgot we tried the logic path once already and look where we are now because others can’t do the right thing by everyone else

migga There are no 'assurances' with this virus

Resign NoPlanDan

No worries NoPlanDan has got this in the bag!! JennyMikakos and VicGovDHHS you guys ready to fuck this one up like onky you know how! Maybe instead of WhatsApp you can use TicToc

does not have the capability and his staff don’t have it either

migga Still to many casses dont listen to them dan you no when to start opening just dont take notice of these peaple we need to get over all cases down under 100 before it becomes open up time

What about Morrison’s app?

Victoria's contact tracing system is a joke. He knows that. I know that. Everyone in Victoria & Australia knows that. We can't simply re-open Victoria unless we bring down the number of new cases down to one digit or preferably ZERO.

Why don’t they do what China did? Force tracking via mobile phones without consent.

“.. the need to strike a balance between protecting people's health and livelihoods, recognising that businesses can operate safely, and not imposing a blanket ban on geographical locations or industries.” - pretty much exercising common sense which DanielAndrewsMP did not use

Human remain the main issue here. If people are united fighting against it together rest assure we will be able to regain our freedom. Like wise if many still don’t believe in Covid19 nor taking it seriously, the virus will likely to spread & stay. DA can’t answer that for sure!

Send the Vic team to NSW for training - Theres a part of the “plan” that is still being drafted...

New note pad and pens ordered?

This Dictator Dan Clown is from the Vic Keysone Cops!!!!! Constable Dan Plod!!!!

What if people refuse to give their contacts. It happens here in the Netherlands

The choice of photos is getting a bit petty.

Contact tracing works in a timely fashion when there are less than 50 new cases a day. We're getting there.

Go Dan the Man! You leadership is well appreciated! DanielAndrewsMP

noplandan only had one thing in his wizard of oz pocket. Belt and Road and that was squashed. He made it clear he would wait to see what the PM had to offer. Like I said no plan dan played a politician that looked good in good times and exposed as a fraud under the gun.

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