{"id":68,"date":"2020-08-28T00:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=68"},"modified":"2021-10-07T08:55:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:55:27","slug":"australia-to-build-border-wall-around-state-of-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foxthink.local\/australia-to-build-border-wall-around-state-of-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to build border wall around state of Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MELBOURNE, Australia, August 28th 2020 – <\/strong>Australian state and territory governments have lobbied the federal government to fund building a border wall around the state of Victoria, citing the risk of the COVID-19 contagion infecting the whole country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a meeting of the national cabinet between state leaders and the Prime Minister, it was unanimously agreed to proceed with the wall. Notably absent was the Victorian Premier, electing to stay at home in solidarity with Victorian residents who are not permitted outside their homes, except to collect the mail and attend peaceful riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victoria residents have taken to checking their mail multiple times a day as an excuse to exercise their dogs, now not only their best, but also their only friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister spoke during a press conference at conclusion of the national cabinet meeting saying that “states hold most of the constitutional powers” <\/em>but he was broadly supportive. He went on to say that legislation would be passed for the implementation of the newly named Territorial Wall Investment Tax, which will be known as simply the TWIT levy. The TWIT levy will be applied to all citizens with a before tax income of less than $45,000 per year, in an attempt to ensure pensioners and others on government benefits pay their fair share. When asked why the tax was targeting the lower income earners, the Prime Minister responded that “I’m confident in the resilience of ‘quiet Australians’, who will no doubt strive to meet the needs of the nation by working a little bit harder for the greater good.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Premier of Victoria responded to the border wall plan to say “If the Prime Minister has got time to be doing those things, then that’s fine for him. I don’t. I’m exclusively focused on fighting this virus. Further more let’s not forget that I incarcerated Victorians first, and it’s only now that the Federal and other State Governments are trying to claim credit for my resounding policy win.<\/em>“

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Peak hour at a popular Melbourne laneway cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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