{"id":22870,"date":"2022-03-17T16:16:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T05:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=22870"},"modified":"2022-03-17T19:34:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T08:34:34","slug":"one-rule-for-the-political-elite-another-rule-for-the-people-that-actually-contribute-to-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/one-rule-for-the-political-elite-another-rule-for-the-people-that-actually-contribute-to-society\/","title":{"rendered":"One Rule for the Political Elite &#8211; Another Rule for the People that Actually Contribute to Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One rule for the political elite &#8211; another rule for the workers: Dan Andrews STILL forcing hospitality workers to wear masks &#8211; even though he does not have to wear one when he&#8217;s at work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Calls have mounted for Mr Andrews to scrap mask mandates for some workers<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Face coverings are mandatory for retail and hospitality staff in Victoria<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Business groups said it didn&#8217;t make sense for Victoria to have the &#8216;harshest&#8217; rules&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Eliza+Mcphee+For+Daily+Mail+Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: 11:16 AEDT, 17 March 2022 | Updated: 11:19 AEDT, 17 March 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victorian premier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/daniel-andrews\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Andrews<\/a> is being demanded&nbsp; to scrap Australia&#8217;s &#8216;harshest mask rules&#8217; which require all hospitality and retail staff in the state to wear them at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Face coverings remain mandatory in various settings in Victoria, including in shop, pub and restaurant workers and students in years 3 to 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are now fears that staff will leave their roles for jobs in other sectors where masks aren&#8217;t mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three Victorian business lobby groups, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian \u00adRetailers Association and the Australian Hotels Association are now fighting to have the rule abolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both NSW and Queensland allow hospitality and retail staff to work mask-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10621007\/Dan-Andrews-slammed-forcing-workers-wear-masks-hes-exempt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kids-masks.jpg?resize=838%2C715&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22877\" width=\"838\" height=\"715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kids-masks.jpg?w=566&amp;ssl=1 566w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kids-masks.jpg?resize=300%2C256&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dan-andrews-advertising.jpg?resize=840%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22672\" width=\"840\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dan-andrews-advertising.jpg?w=575&amp;ssl=1 575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dan-andrews-advertising.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One rule for the political elite &#8211; another rule for the workers: Dan Andrews STILL forcing hospitality workers to wear masks &#8211; even though he does not have to wear one when he&#8217;s at work Calls have mounted for Mr Andrews to scrap mask mandates for some workers Face coverings are mandatory for retail and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/one-rule-for-the-political-elite-another-rule-for-the-people-that-actually-contribute-to-society\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One Rule for the Political Elite &#8211; Another Rule for the People that Actually Contribute to Society<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,198,97,151,214,769,27],"tags":[5,226,659,484,6226,559,389,270,10,45,3316,43,1725,42,675],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/mask-7.jpg?fit=640%2C457&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22886,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22870\/revisions\/22886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}