Exactly. If you voted Labor 1 in these ‘ teal’ seats it was an ineffective vote. Vote independent 1 and you change the seat. So ALP voters went with independents to get the change needed.

So glad to be in this teal seat, Kooyong, with a sense of optimism, after a change we doubted would ever happen. Intelligent visionary representation Dr Monique Ryan MP

And did not emphasise basic measures to reduce transmission. Prefer to be out and about with lots of spread. We could be out with precautions. Flu/COVID now. Better to keep crippling hospitals and then run an item about elective surgery waiting lists and cancelled surgery #abc730

I can assure you that if any reply was received (I got some) it was from a staffer who parroted the party line. That is why Josh was never aware of the sentiment in Voices of Kooyong ‘Never heard of any problems’

And Jane Norman, Higgins was not won by a Teal independent. Facts matter in your articles.

Hoping you recover well. And hoping you will promote indoor masking and measures to help our society have less COVID. Use your influence ABC News and RN Breakfast

The results of all these hospitalisations- cancelled essential surgical lists every week, bed block, EDs overwhelmed. The health system is in the crisis we said we were going to protect it from. Yet no or ineffective responses from Victorian Department of Health Chief Health Officer, Victoria

No government seems to care any more. Tragic loss of lives. HCWs under enormous pressure, no longer trying to protect the health care system. Don’t expect essential surgery to happen while this enormous health crisis continues. More impt to be open and pretend COVID is over

Began my anaesthetic training at the institutions sign-posted there over 40 years ago. Fond memories of great people, and not-so-fond memories of very difficult work, long hours, and study ++. Worth every minute!

Anyone else get spam text telling them they have been in close contact to Omnicron. InfoGov is a new notification body!

Son and partner with COVID. Asked them to do RAT before visiting us. Still faint +ve on Day 12 and Day 9 respectively. Significance? Infectious still? Used to be isolation for 14 days, or 3 days after asymptomatic. Seemed safer then. Should be RAT -ve to return to work/school.

It's 8 weeks today since the death of hubby. Don't ignore your symptoms; tiredness, change of character, grumpiness, confusion, nightmares, sense of loss of control. Anything that is not normal for you. Get yourself checked out. Not only for you, but also for those that love you.

The CMO pointedly did not mention deaths when painting the rosy picture of COVID in Australia today.

Thank you Chief Health Officer, Victoria Victorian Department of Health for the Virtual Emergency Dept access. An unwell COVID +ve relative living in a rural city, and with significant underlying illnesses, has his script for anti-virals on this public holiday

What a debacle. Time’s out again and again. Must be a better way Ticketek Australia

Asked what he’ll now do for indigenous Australians Peter Dutton said that between now and the next election he’ll take advice from Jacinta Price and then formulate policies. One voice. One. Do you get the irony?

From Mentone Beach south of Melbourne.

⁦Emirates⁩ - at Heathrow, Outside temperature 14C. Captain announces the auxiliary air conditioning unit is not working, it will be hot in the cabin till they move away from the terminal. 30.9C We were the only ones masked in section, with N95s thankfully.