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Who the hell is referring to a modern quarantine facility as a "white elephant"?! We were furious at the start of Covid that we didn't have suitable quarantine facilities. I'm still mad about it.

And apparently people have been talking of re-purposing the facility we built for other stuff like prison overflow or homeless people? No!! We need a safe place where people can quarantine if required! Now we have one, that is what it's bloody for!! It's not a white elephant!

Why the hell can't politicians think past next week?

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[โ€“] skribe@piefed.social 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You get the politicians you deserve. The electorate doesn't think past next week, so the politicians don't need to.

[โ€“] Nath@aussie.zone 11 points 6 days ago

Well, to defend the politicians a bit: The ones who built the facility are still in power and haven't caved to the ones calling for the facilities to be repurposed. Yet.

Hopefully after this incident, they won't, either.