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Victoria has no ‘hyper-infectious’ covid plague – and no accountable government

17 February 2021

2:37 PM

17 February 2021

2:37 PM

So the lockdown has been lifted and the Premier is letting us out.

We can go outside without worrying about being arrested. We can visit our mothers again. Maybe we can go to another state for the weekend and get back again. Maybe. 

This weekend we can invite four delegated friends over to our houses and give one cheer for the Premier.

I guess we should feel glad the lockdown has not been extended, but there is no sense of jubilation, not even much sense of relief.

The Premier might be claiming victory.

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