COVID-19: Emergency National Cabinet meeting sometime today

The National Cabinet – a group of state premiers and the Prime Minister along with other health, quarantine and vaccine officials are set to meet in emergency session given recent COVID-19 developments across the country.

What to expect

As well as receiving briefings from Australia’s Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and vaccine rollout head, Lieutenant General John Frewen, its expected that the following issues will be discussed:

• Changes to hotel quarantine – separation of low risk domestic from high risk international travellers
• Post Quarantine testing on day 16
• Vaccinating people in quarantine
• Lowering international passenger capacity limits – temporarily
• Update on vaccination rates of vulnerable groups including aged care

Money will also probably be on the agenda. That is money for business and individuals who can’t work during lockdowns.

2PAXfly Takeout

This is another timely reminder to wear your seatbelt when seated. Holding you close to your seat will protect you from the sort of injuries sustained on this flight, when unsecured passengers flew to the ceiling of the aircraft, and then came crashing down once the ‘drop’ ceased.

The hope will be that this is an anomaly – a ‘freak accident’ in casual parlance. If it is a systemic error either mechanical or electronic, then this is a larger concern for the airlines that fly Boeing Dreamliner 787 aircraft. Let’s hope it isn’t. If it is, it will pile on the woes to Boeing’s existing stack.

Get the popcorn ready. Let’s see how Scotty from Marketing (our Prime Minister) who is still isolated in the Lodge after his international family history trip to Cornwall tries to spin this breakout and his failure to organise enough vaccines delivered fast enough.