Premier Daniel Andrews has changed the rule book yet again for Victorians
Premier ‘Dictator Dan’ changes his rule book yet again for millions of Victorians who have been locked in their homes, but Sophie Elsworth argues some of them are simply ridiculous.
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Millions of Victorians have been good boys and girls and will now be rewarded by Premier Daniel Andrews.
From Monday, Melburnians will be given a later bedtime with the curfew put back from 8pm to 9pm.
They will also be given two hours out of the house each day to exercise and for singles, they can awkwardly choose a new best friend.
And at last many stressed-out parents who have young children have relief. The littlies, can finally go back to their local playgrounds and scale the monkey bars.
The restrictions for so many Victorians particularly for singletons completely isolated during this never-ending lockdown has been a battle.
When the Premier delivered his highly-anticipated “road map” last weekend, many Victorians were left feeling like they had been given a long road to nowhere and had no way of escaping this nightmare anytime soon.
Victorians now know it was Dictator Dan’s decision to lock Melburnians in their homes 23 hours a day and not that of the Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton or Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton.
No health reasons to it, instead it was all about making the lives of cops easier while making millions of Victorians more miserable.
The new best friend rule for singles is based on an honesty policy system and leaves families and friends picking their favourite son or daughter or friend under this flawed rule.
It’s like stepping back into primary school again, picking your new best friend for the day.
But it comes with strict terms.
Masks stay on.
All throughout this lockdown singles can have “friends” visit if they rip their shirt off and are intimate, but if they want to have a cup of tea with someone at home, it’s been off limits.
Melburnians can now be outside for two hours of exercise a day.
It’s some much-needed freedom that so many of us have craved.Confining people to their homes 23 hours a day has been too much and finally someone has decided Victorians deserve more than 60 minutes outside a day.
But the Premier’s rule book shows that those making the decisions simply don’t trust us.
They are micromanaging the restrictions so much that Victorians are fast losing patience.
Victorians get it — mask up, sanitise, socially distance.
Many of us have done the right thing all along and we just want to get on with living our lives.