So, for someone who spends $6,000 per month, the card pays 0.6 KrisFlyer points per dollar, and an even lower rate for a higher spend - for a card that costs $450 per year and has no welcome bonus points. That doesn't sound very competitive. The only selling point I see is the free gold status, b...

Did I ever say anything about being "proud of"? I just picked a country that seems reasonably comparable to NSW.Anyway, that's not the point. My point is, we can easily live with 500 cases a day ONCE WE HAVE A HIGH VACCINATION RATE because vaccines prevent people who catch COVID from getting seri...

Correct, because like many European countries, they are facing a huge issue with vaccine hesitancy. That's why they haven't even reached 70% yet. It looks like Australia will have no problem achieving more than 80%. So, we are in a much better position. But the point is, 2000 cases a day in ...

These are completely arbitrary and random numbers and their meaning changes entirely as vaccination rates increase. 500 cases a day might be a problem for our hospital system if the population is completely unvaccinated. But 500 cases a day are no problem at all when over 80% of our population ar...

Firstly, in proportion to the number of handled arrivals, Victoria had more hotel quarantine breaches than any other state.Secondly, it is a big difference whether we aim for zero cases or not. NSW and VIC have given up on achieving zero cases and are just "flattening the curve" now. That complet...