September 3, 2021 — 11.30am
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Now that we know the AFL grand final will definitely be played in Perth, I’ll reframe a question I asked a couple of weeks ago.
The West Australian government classifies the whole of NSW as a jurisdiction of “extreme risk”. Aside from anything else, a consequence is that it’s forbidden for anyone from NSW to travel to WA, for any compassionate reason.
But suppose the GWS Giants make the grand final, scheduled to be played in three weeks at Optus Stadium. Say one of the Giants’ team members (or staff, or board members) is originally from Perth. Say then also, that this person’s parents and family still live there. Say then, that this GWS person’s mother is stricken with terminal cancer, and receiving palliative inpatient care in the Royal Perth Hospital.
Riddle me this: on the day before, or after the grand final; is that returning GWS sandgroper permitted to go and visit his dying mother? Seriously, yes or no?
I, also, don’t know the answer. At this point you have to question what kind of cold-hearted we’ve become in Australia, but that’s another issue.
So I tweeted that same polite, and straightforward cross-examining enquiry to @MarkMcGowanMP a couple of weeks ago, around the time it was first mooted that Perth was the front-runner to host the AFL grand final.
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