What the next scheduled series for Zimbabwe?

zimfan1 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:32 am

Genuine question, do you feel that Wes will play in the test matches? No real first class experience and very difficult to break the Taylor, Ervine, Williams and Raza middle order, particularly if Regis is going to keep wicket.

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:30 am

Before we start sucking each other off just yet,

Something that needs to be raised, and is quite serious in my opinion, is the 39k Aussies stuck overseas.

When you lock your own people out of their country, its alot easier to say 'we have eradicated the virus'. but at what cost?

i run into homeless Australians now who are homeless because they simply cant get back. I am ok and have a job and everything, but if there is one thing that keeps me up at night is the thought i lose my job/associated visa and am in limbo.

it is a human rights violation and I am amazed that countries havent pushed back on oz to take their people off their hands. i know two aussies that got deported. ones still here but cant legally work but is being babysat while OZ gets their s**t together, and the other was forced to leave the shenghen because there was no evidence he tried to look for a ticket, which would have been futile.

he is now broke and in Britain on a last second flight in a hostel.

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:58 am

Thanks.

Abroad, it’s hard to gauge the feeling.

What you say is very encouraging, but if you go through any comment section on any talk about it on any Facebook article, it’s littered with ‘no sympathy, they chose to stay overseas’ or ‘Morrison told us to come back and gave three months notice, it’s their fault’ and so forth. It infuriates me, because the Aussies stick overseas aren’t people who were doing a Contiki tour through Greece and got sloppy. They are people who had to visit somewhere for an emergency, or who had been trying desperately to return since March last year, or had work contracts that have either expired or they have lost their job through Covid redundancy or any likeminded reason.

I know guys who have been deported but just floating unable to leave but unable to legally work. Form what I understand they often cancel (high priced) tickets at the last minute and don’t refund for months so people who have done that a couple of times are broke.

It’s a serious issue.

People may have been told to come home, but they were also told to stay put if you had reason to stay put to not clog the system.

I was cool with it all up until I realised that not only is it not going to be eased but it’s getting more strict,this won’t be changing anytime before next Summer. That’s too much.

It is a human right violation to lock the door on your own citizens to make them stateless.

Even IF they just made a mistake and did ignore the warning on a holiday, this punishment is ridiculous.

State leaders and Feds are in agreement and they pacify the people by saying they are looking after Australians IN Australia and that has seemed to work so far, but the tide is turning I think.

You know they are letting in a magic act from the USA in March? Some brother duo I hadn’t heard of. That and the Aussie open is ridiculous.

I just can’t believe I’m witnessing this at all.

zimbos_05 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:07 am

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:58 am

Thanks.

Abroad, it’s hard to gauge the feeling.

What you say is very encouraging, but if you go through any comment section on any talk about it on any Facebook article, it’s littered with ‘no sympathy, they chose to stay overseas’ or ‘Morrison told us to come back and gave three months notice, it’s their fault’ and so forth. It infuriates me, because the Aussies stick overseas aren’t people who were doing a Contiki tour through Greece and got sloppy. They are people who had to visit somewhere for an emergency, or who had been trying desperately to return since March last year, or had work contracts that have either expired or they have lost their job through Covid redundancy or any likeminded reason.

I know guys who have been deported but just floating unable to leave but unable to legally work. Form what I understand they often cancel (high priced) tickets at the last minute and don’t refund for months so people who have done that a couple of times are broke.

It’s a serious issue.

People may have been told to come home, but they were also told to stay put if you had reason to stay put to not clog the system.

I was cool with it all up until I realised that not only is it not going to be eased but it’s getting more strict,this won’t be changing anytime before next Summer. That’s too much.

It is a human right violation to lock the door on your own citizens to make them stateless.

Even IF they just made a mistake and did ignore the warning on a holiday, this punishment is ridiculous.

State leaders and Feds are in agreement and they pacify the people by saying they are looking after Australians IN Australia and that has seemed to work so far, but the tide is turning I think.

You know they are letting in a magic act from the USA in March? Some brother duo I hadn’t heard of. That and the Aussie open is ridiculous.

I just can’t believe I’m witnessing this at all.

Yeah. They let in certain groups or the tennis players because they feel it is important for the economy. It's why a lot of the cricket series have gone ahead but as we have seen, the series in SA has been cancelled because of fears. The LNP would love to open up the whole country I feel, but they would rather care about the economy first, so they would not do that. They would rather leave people abroad than affect their "black" status in the economy. That's all the federal government cares about.

In saying that, I work in travel and I know for a fact that some people travelled out of the country when they were not advised to, and some people did not come back as soon as they were told to. Even if citizens were to return home, they would need to quarantine in a hotel, so the control of the virus would still be the same and our numbers would still be around where they are, so it would be unfair to say that if all these citizens returned home, cases would spike.

Overall, all Australians generally agree that citizens should be prioritised to return home, and that the government is not doing enough to bring these people home.