Gordon Gregory

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Reg served in Korea as an aircraft engineer. When I called round today he was in his dressing gown - said he was crook. Two hours later he’s at my front door. (He can’t do the steps.) “Thanks for getting me out of the miseries. It’s a nice day - I needed someone to get me going!”

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@MaritaCowie @rdaa @ACRRM @RuralDoctorsAus @RDANSW Sad to hear of Geoff’s passing. He was always strong in his approach to rural health, esp. general practice, and was a trove of practical advice. He served on NRHA Council for RDAA for some time. RAMUS people owe him a special debt of gratitude. RIP Geoff.

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Manglish Maintained. Murray’s is a good Canb.-Syd. coach service. A bonus for pedants: the pre-recorded message to passengers as they set off still has a piece of eye-watering Manglish. They are asked to ensure that “No large items are attempted to be flushed down the toilet”.

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Don’t you just love the English language! Today I heard “The construction sector is under pressure because of sawing prices.”

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Enough changed voting intentions when election set, campaign irrelevant. Bogus excitement. Only useful q. in vox pop: Are you changing vote? If Yes, Why? Frustration with usual party? View of Leaders? New person locally? See Election coverage etc in https://t.co/lOXABS3FId

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Campaign vox pops: randoms summarise agenda set by 3 years govt/media. Zero relationship btw this and voting intention. Cumulative view of majority of events over three years is fixed before campaign. See Election coverage: ridiculous questions etc in https://t.co/lOXABS3FId

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The 47 truly 'rural' electorates are identified, using AEC classification plus area (size). Nats/LNP hold 19 of them, Liberals 13, ALP 12, Ind. 3. So Coalition has 68pc.
Read in Sadly, 'regional' policies are the enemy of rural areas. https://t.co/lOXABS3FId.

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Nationals regional policy promises $Bns for mining infrastructure. Benefits would go to large industry in 9 of Australia's 47 rural electorates. Without reform of rural health, inc. soc. determinants, people in other 38 will still have poor access/health
https://t.co/cIkbFQgm4f

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@cathywilcox1 @smh @theage I had a go . . . I wrote some poems . . . but no one reads poetry . . . do they?

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Dutton & McKenzie are wrong: National Cabinet has not agreed anything jurisdictions must do, only a set of measures they may choose to adopt. See The Clayton’s but secret Covid national plan - https://t.co/RugQPtq9O8

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Govt wants proceedings of National Cabinet to be 'Cab. in Confidence', so exempt from FoI. PM said before opening up, a State wd have to meet both national & state criterion. No sign of this! https://t.co/RugQPtq9O8

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Yesterday was 17 September. I wonder what mix of circumstances there is in Australia’s 2600 residential aged care facilities this morning? Spare a thought for those having to do extra shifts.

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@mjrowland68 Good try again Michael! ‘Blood from a military stone’?

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Vaxing Australia: insufficient urgency? (26 Aug); Vaccine: Let’s not forget the first priorities (1 Sept); Vaccination:Accounting for muddle (3 Sept).
A summary -"COVID vaccination: highest priorities not met – so let’s focus on new ones!” Read at https://t.co/cIkbFQgm4f

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‘Omar’ - RIP

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Why does COVID National Plan have thresholds for the nation? Pretty sure if it’s >60/>70% in all jurisdictions it’s likely to be >60/>70 nationally. (Need to avoid confusion with requirements for a constitutional change.)

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National Cab. should provide public data on covid mgt. esp detailed schedule of vax to be delivered to Aust. Priorities re-done, hard choices! 'Most vulnerable' doesn't cut it. Feds also to lead on employees & mandated vax. & on marginal groups. See https://t.co/cIkbFQgm4f