Western Australia Opens to International Travel Mar 3 2022

[lyndarra]

https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2022-02/WA_Safe_Transition_Plan_2022.pdf

 

 

 

 

[benjoon]

Finally. Our cruise from Rome in October  is one hurdle closer.

[Cruisers47]

We are booked on RCL in October from Rome.   We are going to Israel.

 

where are you going?
 

Eileen

[NSWP]

21 hours ago, lyndarra said:

https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2022-02/WA_Safe_Transition_Plan_2022.pdf

 

 

 

 

They might change their mind before March 3 and reinstall the wall they bought from DT.lol.

[MicCanberra]

Great news for us, we may actually get to go 9n our 4 tines postponed trip to WA

[NSWP]

And today the media in a frenzy at Sydney Airport with 50 plane loads of peeps from overseas. Let us hope they have not brought the lurgy with them. With QR codes and sign in gone from hospitality venues and retail plus no masks from Thursday, the risk of a huge explosion is there.

 

And welcome to Sydney folks, the radical Rail Union has bunged on a strike. That will not do much to encourage tourism. Expensive cab or uber into the CBD. Don't get me started on the NSW Nurses strike last week, irresponsible, they are an essential service and should be prohibited from strikes like the police.

Edited February 20, 2022 by NSWP

[SinbadThePorter]

1 hour ago, NSWP said:

And welcome to Sydney folks, the radical Rail Union has bunged on a strike. That will not do much to encourage tourism. Expensive cab or uber into the CBD. Don't get me started on the NSW Nurses strike last week, irresponsible, they are an essential service and should be prohibited from strikes like the police.

 

Actually the rail staff were locked out by Transport NSW.

 

If nurses are so essential, maybe they should have better pay and conditions.

Edited February 21, 2022 by SinbadThePorter

[frantic36]

1 hour ago, SinbadThePorter said:

 

If nurses are so essential, maybe they should have better pay and conditions.

 

Totally agree. As a retired nurse I am well aware how in both public and private hospitals staff numbers have been cut in order to save money over the years. 

 

I also read the rail workers turned up for work but were locked out. The reason cited by the government was safety but I am unclear why that was a factor? Was the Union planning a "work to rule" against management?

[Aus Traveller]

1 hour ago, frantic36 said:

 

I also read the rail workers turned up for work but were locked out. The reason cited by the government was safety but I am unclear why that was a factor? Was the Union planning a "work to rule" against management?

From what I read, the Rail Union called a strike. Some of the workers turned up for work anyway but the department decided they could not guarantee that they would have enough staff to safely run the network, so they cancelled.

[frantic36]

1 hour ago, Aus Traveller said:

From what I read, the Rail Union called a strike. Some of the workers turned up for work anyway but the department decided they could not guarantee that they would have enough staff to safely run the network, so they cancelled.

 

I guess we have both read different accounts.

[Aus Traveller]

33 minutes ago, frantic36 said:

 

I guess we have both read different accounts.

Both sides (the rail Union and the NSW govt) are blaming the other for the rail shutdown.

Here is a report by ABC -

NSW's passenger-train system was shutdown today, after the latest chapter of an industrial dispute between the state government and rail union came to a head last night.

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) planned to carry out low-level industrial actions on Monday, after two hearings before the Fair Work Commission at the weekend.

The government says the fact the trains aren't running is the union's fault, but the union is blaming the government.

RTBU state secretary Alex Claassens said an agreement for protected action was made at a hearing on Saturday, before Transport for NSW tried to prevent the plans at a second hearing on Sunday.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said the union didn't "turn up" to the second hearing and that the government had to cancel services due to safety concerns. 

[SinbadThePorter]

Perrottet is blaming Labor, who is not even a party to the negotiations, for the lockout.

 

That tells you all you need to know about why this is happening. 😡

[MicCanberra]

2 hours ago, SinbadThePorter said:

Perrottet is blaming Labor, who is not even a party to the negotiations, for the lockout.

 

That tells you all you need to know about why this is happening. 😡

Yep, the art of spin in action

[Russell21]

If it's unions it's Labor.

[MicCanberra]

1 hour ago, Russell21 said:

If it's unions it's Labor.

Unions certainly have nothing to do with labour 😉

[benjoon]

On 2/19/2022 at 9:28 AM, Cruisers47 said:

We are booked on RCL in October from Rome.   We are going to Israel.

 

where are you going?
 

Eileen

We are going to Israel as well. I think we are on the same cruise. October 7th Odyssey of the seas

Edited February 25, 2022 by benjoon

[Kiwi_cruiser]

That is good news about Western Australia!, Might get over there if we cant cruise this year!