"Glad" Berejiklian has decided that NSW businesses must continue to suffer the consequences of her lockdown, despite the national cabinet's decision to ease restrictions.
On 2 May 2020 The Australian reported that Berejiklian's lockdown decisions have not been based on advice from NSW public servants but from friend Scott Faqhuar and his NASDAQ listed Atlassian:
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian turned to tech billionaire Scott Farquhar during the darkest hours of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing that his data and modelling expertise put the state on an early war footing that helped prevent the horrific death tolls occurring elsewhere.
As NSW eased its first social restrictions on Friday, Ms Berejiklian spoke of how her personal relationship with Mr Farquhar and other leading industry figures had been key to moving early with social restrictions that flattened the infection curve and secured the state against disaster.
She said Mr Farquhar, co-chief executive of Atlassian, had stepped in at a time when the extent and severity of the virus was still unclear.
He assisted with establishing the initial modelling that informed Ms Berejiklian’s “war cabinet’’ to move quickly against the virus; it was also Mr Farquhar who urged the Premier to publicise as much data as possible, so the community would heed the message of self-isolation.
“Scott Farquhar is a legend,” Ms Berejiklian told The Weekend Australian. “You don’t just need to be a health expert to manage a pandemic, you need to be a data expert and know what modelling shows you — and he is amazing. He helped me in the early days of the pandemic with data and managing data.”
Mr Farquhar and Ms Berejiklian are understood to speak often, but he took a central role in identifying the severity of the pandemic during late February, when most countries were still moving cautiously against the virus. At that stage, in Australia, the likelihood of mass infections was, to some, a possibility rather than a certainty.
“Scott Farquhar is a legend,” Ms Berejiklian told The Weekend Australian. “You don’t just need to be a health expert to manage a pandemic, you need to be a data expert and know what modelling shows you — and he is amazing. He helped me in the early days of the pandemic with data and managing data.”
Mr Farquhar and Ms Berejiklian are understood to speak often, but he took a central role in identifying the severity of the pandemic during late February, when most countries were still moving cautiously against the virus. At that stage, in Australia, the likelihood of mass infections was, to some, a possibility rather than a certainty.
NSW subsequently became one of the strongest advocates in national cabinet meetings of stronger lockdown measures and school closures.
Asked to confirm his role, the 40-year-old told The Weekend Australian that Atlassian, which assisted with building the COVIDSafe app, was always “willing and able” to assist the government. The company also assisted the federal government with its WhatsApp messaging service bot.
“COVID-19 is one of the biggest issues that government and business have ever had to face, so we’re proud to work together and help out however we can,” he said.
Why Gladys needed Scott Farqhuar to help "with data and managing data" requires explanation for that is the job of any number of departments within the NSW public service.As reported, the modelling is not rocket science; the State Of Kerala in India was able to undertake some of the work using free open source software.
Now that Berejiklian insists that business and wage earners must continue to suffer restrictions, business and the people of NSW are even more entitled to the data, models and advice underlying her decisions.
She is not likely to agree, but Atlassaian on the other hand has a duty to disclose its dealings to the NASDAQ.There are penalties for non-disclosure, so it is best that all interested parties look to the NASDAQ and US regulators for answers that can explain why businesses and the people of NSW ought to endure continuing losses.
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Asked to confirm his role, the 40-year-old told The Weekend Australian that Atlassian, which assisted with building the COVIDSafe app, was always “willing and able” to assist the government. The company also assisted the federal government with its WhatsApp messaging service bot.
“COVID-19 is one of the biggest issues that government and business have ever had to face, so we’re proud to work together and help out however we can,” he said.
Why Gladys needed Scott Farqhuar to help "with data and managing data" requires explanation for that is the job of any number of departments within the NSW public service.As reported, the modelling is not rocket science; the State Of Kerala in India was able to undertake some of the work using free open source software.
Now that Berejiklian insists that business and wage earners must continue to suffer restrictions, business and the people of NSW are even more entitled to the data, models and advice underlying her decisions.
She is not likely to agree, but Atlassaian on the other hand has a duty to disclose its dealings to the NASDAQ.There are penalties for non-disclosure, so it is best that all interested parties look to the NASDAQ and US regulators for answers that can explain why businesses and the people of NSW ought to endure continuing losses.
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