from Townsville Bureau
Only 2 recorded Covid cases in Brisbane, Queensland as of today
Katter’s Australian Party leader and Traeger MP Robbie Katter has called for the Police Minister to intervene after struggling outback Queensland pubs were slapped with fines at the weekend for breaching COVID-19 social distancing rules.
Mr Katter said it was beyond outrageous that the Palaszczuk Labor Government was presiding over a system that hits outback businesses in the hip-pocket, but gives a free pass to 30,000-plus BLM people attending a single protest in downtown Brisbane.
He is now calling for Police Minister Mark Ryan, or the Premier, to overturn the fines in the interest of community fairness and decency.
“Rural, regional and remote Queensland had been among the hardest hit locations economically during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite many areas not recording a single positive case of the virus,” he said.
“We have been saying all along that it is nonsensical for the outback to be persecuted under the same rules as the city, and now we are seeing this unfairness in reverse.
“The bush has been grossly and unfairly targeted – what are they trying to achieve here?”
According to the ABC, Queensland Police confirmed three businesses at Roma, Injune and Wallumbilla had been fined during a ‘police sting’ where plain-clothes officers were not asked for contact details, and because social distancing was not properly enforced. [1]
Kennedy MP Bob Katter said the weekend’s events were another example of regional Queensland bearing the burden of the south-east corner.
“Once again Brisbane is applying ridiculous rules to regional Queensland that should only apply to the metropolis,” Mr Katter Snr said.
“I mean oh ghee, we’ve had a huge coronavirus outbreak in the town of Injune – the only area that ever needed quarantining was Brisbane. The only cases we got were the ones they sent us.
“Some 150 doctors signed a petition calling for regional areas to be protected off.
“There was never a case for the draconian lockdowns and the destruction of the economy of every regional Queensland town.
“As Slim Dusty’s song goes, ‘I’ve got the pub and general store what’s the use in anymore.’
“Close the pub and there is no town – it is the very existence of these communities; these pub owners have already suffered a huge financial burden during the last four months, so this could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
“The local coppers traditionally have known policing needs the cooperation of the people.
“This piece of jackbooted Brisbane-ism will be remembered.”
[1] “Roma pub owner criticises plain-clothes Queensland Police officers for COVID-19 fine”, ABC News, June 30, 2020, Retrieved from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-30/pub-slams-social-distancing-fine-from-plainclothes-police/12403858?fbclid=IwAR0Wi9pFTx5xakWGXUIGIEzXpI15Dyo7wOERgij GGOvFYdXxkF6UghNEvTc
Yes this is well established – this is what has been holding them back – I wonder is this why they have this new technology for Covid..
Well said Brian.Ed
Thank you Sam you are correct but the blockheads in the Queensland ‘Firm’ have no idea. Editor
Every particular filled in on that “Alleged offence details” docket is in a box. Moreover it is in a different colour box, therefore according to the legal principle of the four corners rule anything inside a box is not legally within the four corners of the document.
Notice that all outside of the boxes is in readable grammar yet some of the text within boxes is in all capitals [unreadable].
So what we have here is an alleged offence, void of any details or particulars…
This whole farce is based on assumption and presumption made by a private man following orders from a business, a sub-division “State of Queensland”.
So let me put it this way, since when can a member of a business interfere with the business activities of another without disclosure of the contract?
A new study published in the prestigious journal Vaccine, a >”peer-reviewed”< medical journal, published by Elsevier, titled Influenza vaccination and respiratory virus interference among Department of Defense personnel during the 2017-2018 influenza season, reveals that influenza vaccination may increase the risk of infection, by other respiratory viruses as much as 36% — a phenomenon known as virus interference.
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Get your flu shots and get your "Russian Roulette" test done and hope your not positive…
I was in my local Telstra shop a couple of months ago to get the NBN connected and only 1 of us was allowed to “talk” to the assistant – 1.5m spacing, she had a mask on, the shop was busy, overly hot and there was loud dreadful “music” blaring (yes I am over 60 and my hearing is not the best, but my husbands hearing is worse). Needless to say it was a nightmare with her having to repeat everything so it took longer than it should have. My husband was not allowed to help decide which plan to buy for our business as “a nearby shop had received a fine of over $2,000 recently” and only 1 of us could be attended to. Now I find I am being charged for our old internet as well as the new NBN service and will have to ring up and go through all the Telstra bullshit to sort it out.
Mahatma Ghandi had it right, authority cannot deal with mass social disobedience. He managed to send the whole pommie empire home with their tails between their legs, we’re only dealing with a few delinquent pollies (all of them).
one more time CHALLENGE THE BLOODY LAW NOT THE CHARGE!
By the way, the copy of the “infringement notice” is interesting, plod has issued a “fine”.
The Imperial Proclamations proclamations Act 1986 (not a typo) makes it an offense to administer any pecuniary sanction against any defendant prior to a “court” finding the defendant guilty. So plod broke the law. Further, Black’s law dictionary defines a ‘court’ as a gathering under the Crown, and that means heir and successor of Queen Victoria, not this bloody legal fiction “queen of australia”, no such animal.
Well done Vic. Lets hope 5000 good and true men support you. We are aware of a groundswell out there and it won’t be long before the informed people react. I would not like to be anyone in authority when it goes off.Editor
Good one Gary keep him informed.Ed
Spoke to the Manager at that pub in Roma just now.’have told him about the liability thing,and other thingsI will help him Big Time. Gary
Robert, you should know by now.The cops are dealing with PERSONS, which are FICTIONAL LEGAL ENTITIES, not real, flesh and blood people.Really!!!And Bob hasn’t a clue.Neither do the guys allegedly helping Culleton. Another day. Cooking dinner!!! Bah!!! Gary
What a disgrace – we need to remove all these communist puppet “governments”.. You see what happens when the sheeple vote Palaszczuk in again – we will make Victoria look democratic.
Everyone should watch this video chat, as it explains our legal obligations under the Commonweath of Australia Constitution Act 1901. It’s very clear. We voted in a referendum to deny the government the power to force vaccinations or any other medical procedure on anyone. They have NO RIGHT to do it. It’s that simple.
https://youtu.be/iSLqE36P_cI
in that case I will travel without a licences and arm myself to the teeth. these so called laws ar unlawful and unconstitutional, when are Australians gpoing to wake up. this is new world order crap being implemented by demented satanic pedophiles sitting in Australian parliaments and Judiciary. they can go to hell, and if they try to stop me travelling around because I wont bow down to their bullshit there will be a fight coming up.
this is outrageous! on this subject, i have two mobile phones, and that covid app is not compatible with either of them. i have no intention of replacing my phones just for this app