IN A previous post, I took the NSW Government to task for playing silly buggers when it instituted a criminal enquiry into the Ruby Princess debacle. The announcement of a general enquiry put my concerns to rest, but only temporarily. It is extremely disappointing that they are still at it, muddying the waters to shield the decision-makers.
PREMIER Gladys Berejiklian has been much harsher on the people of NSW than she’s ever been towards her own government ministers.
While her citizens are groaning under the strictest police over-sight since Governor Phillip, her underperforming colleagues appear to be exempted from both scrutiny and consequence.
ON MARCH 19 this year the operators of the Ruby Princess were given the go ahead to discharge 2700 passengers without health checks for COVID-19, in circumstances where there should have been strict scrutiny.
NEVER in history has virtually all media attention been devoted to the effect of a disease, measured every day in every country in the world as increases in mild cases, critical cases or deaths. We’ve never seen media hysteria like it, not…
