Typical of Scomo and his mob, did not expect any less of them, now who do they really care about, I think it is honorable of Jacnida Ardern to show she really cares about her people.

So just goes to show how much power China has, what is going on???

That is crazy, what does Australia get for their money? And why so much, what do they do with it? Who gets this money?

I just posted about that on the lockdown topic, very sad for so many small business, caravan parks and especially those effected by the fires.

I wonder if they are waiting until these "apps" they want everyone to download are in place so they have their surveilance systems in place and we will lose our freedom in other ways?.

Also it is a worry waiting too long, it will only be two weeks before winter and will they use winter as an excuse to keep restrictions in place?.

I don't understand when many countries are already lifting restrictions, lets hope that the states can lift the ones they put in place and we just go back to stage one or two, which I cannot even remember what they were now.

Well they think Allah will protect them and if not it was Allah's choice for them to die. 

So someone else who is suspicious about how the virus started, interesting that so many are now speaking up.

Yes it will see more people holidaying in Australia which will be so great for all those bush fire effected areas. Always prefer a road trip than a plane ride.

Yes it would be healthy for the economy and support all the small business people.

Geez 71 is a bit young to mark as "do not resuscitate", how terrible. Hope she is okay now.

Yes when I first read this early this morning it made me cross, I went to put a Daily Mail comment and they must have taken it off for awhile, I see it has come back!

This lady was in the hospital next to where my husband was last month, I expected better of them I am really disappointed to hear this.

Perhaps we all need to write out a statement to what we want should any of us get this virus and give it to the hospitals concerned with a copy to our children.

It is a pity this Thread doesn't get many readers though.

Who are these "experts"? Are they playing God? Yes some more may die because they are not strong enough to fight it off, but also I have read that ventilators are not always the answer as they can put too much pressure on your lungs and some people have weak lungs to begin with.

Yes I have read that also Incognito, I guess it is the luck of the draw.

Councils cashing in, disgusting, just like the police with some of the fines.

They could use it as snail bait lol.

I tried that and our snails don't like my husbands beer!  So I read that although it doesn't kill snails it does make them move off the ground, that being used coffee.  So I dry the used coffee powder and then sprinkle it over the garden,  they sure don't like it and then move to higher branches, plants and a small wall which was easier for me to use my size 10 boot!!

Our snails love to hide in the Kangaroo Paws so this brings them out so I can get to them.

Some people are just beyond help with their disgusting behaviors.

The owners of Virgin Australia are:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Australia_Holdings

Virgin Australia Holdings Limited is the holding company that owns and operates Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia International Airlines, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines and Tigerair Australia. It previously operated Pacific Blue Airlines and joint-venture airline Polynesian Blue which were absorbed into Virgin Australia in December 2011. Its head office is located in Bowen Hills, Brisbane.

History[Former Virgin Blue Holdings logo, used until December 2011

Virgin Blue Holdings was formed in 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Virgin Group.

In 2001, the then Air New Zealand owned Ansett Australia made a buyout offer of $250 million, which was publicly rejected by Richard Branson.[1] In 2002, Virgin came to an agreement with Patrick Corporation to invest in the airline, to allow it to grow into a national airline, filling the void following the demise of Ansett Australia.[2] In return for a 50% share of the company, Patrick invested $260 million. At the time, the view was that Patrick's shareholding would also allow the company to benefit from their new shareholder’s political connections with the Howard Government, and also 'Greenwash' the company, allowing it to be described as Australian-owned.[3]

In 2003, Virgin Blue Holdings Limited was floated on the Australian Securities Exchange as Virgin Group sought to sell down its holdings.[2]

In early 2005 Patrick launched a hostile takeover for Virgin Australia Holdings. Patrick had been unhappy for some time with the company's direction. By the closure of the offer, Patrick held 62% of the company, giving it control. Virgin Group retained a 25% share. In 2006, Patrick Corporation was taken over by Toll Holdings, who maintained the ownership of shares in Virgin Blue Holdings. In 2008 the group announced a plan to distribute 98.3% of its shares in the company to its shareholders, thus making itself no longer a majority stakeholder.[4] At the time Toll Holdings owned 62.7% of the company and had previously attempted to sell the share to no avail.[5][6]

In January 2011, Air New Zealand purchased a 15% shareholding in Virgin Blue Holdings.[7] In June 2013 this was increased to 23%.[8] In September 2012, Etihad Airways purchased a 10% shareholding, this was later increased to 20%. A month later Singapore Airlines bought a 10% stake in Virgin Australia Holdings.[9] In April 2013 this was increased to 20%.[10] The same month Virgin Australia Holdings announced it had purchased a 60% stake in Tiger Airways Australia with the transaction concluded in July 2013.[11] Tiger would continue to operate as a low cost subsidiary of Virgin Australia for 20 years.

Currently, Virgin Australia’s main shareholders are Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines, along with Chinese conglomerates Nanshan Group and HNA Group, as well as original founder Richard Branson. See https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/canberra-not-keen-to-bail-out-virgin-australia-report/137718.article

Branson has been very quiet lately. Wonder what's happened to him?

Branson is most likely isolated on his island,  maybe there is bad internet connection?