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The wrong way to “live with Covid”

January 9, 2022 Opinion by Greg Ray Careful what you wish for. That’s what I’m saying to Australia’s numbskull business leaders who pushed so hard for “let it rip” pandemic policies. They got their puppet politicians - that pigeon-pair of Trump-loving wingnuts, Scomo and Parrothead - to give them what they wanted and it’s backfired. And now none of them knows what to do, except run for cover, or find new ways of profiteering from other people’s troubles. I can almost understand the argument from a month ago. It seemed like – since the pandemic wasn’t…

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It’s hard to get excited about 2022

December 19, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray 2021 has been a grinding, dispiriting year for many of us. For a start, we’ve been on the Covid-19 pandemic roller-coaster, with its ups and downs of lockdowns, vaccinations, new variants and constant arguments between business advocates and health authorities about what we ought to do. Depressing because of the pandemic being used as a profit-booster by unscrupulous pharmaceutical corporations and as a divisive social lever by unscrupulous media corporations and unprincipled political puppets. And deeply troubling as an example of how our present model of rule-by-corporation really works…

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“Free” shouldn’t mean careless

October 11, 2021 Opinion by Greg Ray So the lockdowns are lifting. The shops and businesses are reopening. People are flocking back to their crowded, busy lives. Mr Murdoch, Mr Morrison and Mr Perrottet are very happy that dollars will be flowing more freely again, and no doubt many other people are glad for the same reason. But we already know, from overseas experience, what is likely to happen next, so we need to be careful not to be too carried away by the "Freedom Day" headlines. Masks and social distancing are still going to be…

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