The government announced that all primary students could return to face-to-face learning from October 12 instead of only prep to year 2 as was originally planned because of lower COVID-19 case numbers.
In addition, COVID-19 in children is usually mild and is rarely life threatening, it said. But the indirect effects of the pandemic – such as isolation, increasing behavioural and development concerns and poorer parent mental health – seemed to disproportionately affect disadvantaged families. Gail McHardy, executive officer of Parents Victoria, said it was important to base the decision on expert health advice.Loading
"We hope that the numbers will land where they need to land and the next announcement will be maybe the date will be brought forward for 7s to 10s. But if it's not and it's still going to be around late October, we have to be prepared."
With JoshFrydenberg as treasurer I’m not surprised 12 year old children are depressed.
What lazy doctors. Surely support the kids to develop some resilience.
Everyone knows this Virus is just setting us up for Trumps War! A repeat of the 2003 war in Iraq! Virus is relatively harmless to the vast majority of people! Trump started Virus panic!.. Then he's the 'hero'.. with a vaccine! Very suspect!! thetrumpvirus
JoshFrydenberg is the treasurer right? Just checking. GregHuntMP do you have any data to back up the finance guy's claims? auspol covid19
Sky News and the government have a similar communication style. This is could have been a Chris Kenny statement.
Heard is hearsay....
Love a bit of hearsay. I heard Father Christmas was real. Turned out to be a load of BS.
Thank you Sutton...media personality....
I heard of a treasurer using his confidential information to..... But that’s heresay.
Yes. As the letter to you from the doctors prescribing them told you.
‘Has heard’ no facts in that statement. Another inflatable headline
Doctors negligence are responsible for more than 3000 deaths, sadly nobody questions and nobody cares. Doctors are responsible for death of both of my beloved children. Hospital even denied me right to say last goodbye to my daughter. Death certif was sent by hospital not corona
Well Josh why not find out facts from your Dept health ensure it’s true and why
Hey I have heard wnk€rs can sometimes use both hands!!!!
So as a member of the Federal Government - which I’m pretty sure is responsible for things like health and Medicare - what are you gonna do about it, JoshFrydenberg ?
What people
Oh boy, anecdotes. I really hope his policy platform is more concrete.
Thank goodness their parents are getting them help -- a pandemic can really take a toll on people's mental health. Well done.
“Has heard of”. Really? ThisIsNotJournalism , please stop the touchy-feely, anecdata.
“Ive heard”
Yep it’s a given. If you take away the basic systems of support then poor outcomes follow. Opiate deaths per year out way the National Road Toll from overdoses. Medicinal Cannabis is the future and without donations, kickbacks and too much power Big Pharma would have done more.
The Victorian Government isn’t interested, it’s goal is eradication as was reported by the ex Health Minister. Face shields are not approved which is another Capitan’s Call and looks like Brett Sutton has been bulletted too. 196 days since restrictions in Melbourne.
Sigh. Drama-queens.This is reported as if Doctors have never previously prescribed anti-depressants to children. Which is untrue.
Perhaps if he had cared about the welfare of their grandparents in aged care....
And he’s not a doctor so we really don’t need his opinion
Victorians will not quickly forget JoshFrydenberg at the next election. Happy to give tax cuts to the rich to the detriment of many who will lose everything. Treasurers come and go Josh, you will be no different. Swanny can finally get rid of worst ever Aust treasurer tag.
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Someone’s telling porkies JoshFrydenberg
Liberals being bullies again if schools have to be shut down its for a reason nobody still knows the long term health ramifications of covid on children. They could always sit the same year again
Go away josh what has your mob done apart from snipping and ducking issues. Don’t need your opinion
Ummm so is Josh Frydenberg publicly sharing confidential medical information about a minor Pretty sure that’s a crime
Because their parents are out of work! They’re about to become bankrupt and lose their family homes probably have to live on the streets or cars if they still have them! Unfortunately no help for individuals or families still only big business! More funding cuts for the us thanks
Tell parents to keep children off media sites. Keep contact with friends but not with world's news nor strangers etc JoshFrydenberg parents ought to be more proactive, 12yr olds are children, ought to eat green foods & exercise more, spend less time online &/or eating junkfood
As someone who works in paediatrics I can tell you that we’ve been seeing this kind of thing long before covid or anything lockdowns. There’s been increasingly severe mental health problems in increasingly young children for several years.
No one said a lockdown was easy, better to do it properly so it's effective, than to open up sooner & have a third wave. JoshFrydenberg stop immigration & implement policies to integrate existing new Australians into Australia so they feel part of whole & not separate.
He's 'heard of'? Good grief.
So you’re reporting hearsay now!
He does know it’s the school holidays right?
Nah just do what dodgey Dan did.... Let everyone die
This happened before coronavirus: Causes included austerity, poverty, insecurity, alienation, mental illness. Never cared about the kids then. I call crocodile tears.
Hey Fryberg. If you’re so worried about all Vic school kids how about funding the public school kids properly and fairly instead of pumping billions into elite private school construction and portfolio development. Criminal negligence in your funding policy!
Yup. Children from Biloela......
JoshFrydenberg if you are concerned about the welfare of children, how about starting with the two being held on Christmas Island
'He has heard'... Is that the best he can do? Josh need to focus on his own job, the cash splash with borrowed cash.
Stay the f*% out of our business Frydenberg
Depressed or dead? Or how depressed if they take the virus home to their parents and kill them? The LNP really do just pick arguments that suit their (real) agenda of shoring up their share portfolios, don't they?
12 year olds go back to school in under 2 weeks. Calm down.
What a load of crap.
“He’s heard of”, he losing his seat in parliament...
Please stop trying to interfere in state matters. Look in your own backyard and tidy that up instead. I for one, want to make sure we are in a very strong position before opening up any more.Your comments are not helpful. Try saying something positive. It would be a nice change.
Are they actually related to lockdown and how many Joshy?
Josh.... Stick to what you know.... 1980s Reaganomics.
Heard it from Morrison's Qanon mate.
Newsflash! Children can get depressed and have anxiety.
Another announcement when the treasurer pretends to care while attacking a premier. Pretend announcement or announcement to pretend? Meanwhile Victorians led by DanielAndrewsMP are together creating a safer state despite the Feds. auspol springst
Some people are saying .... this is what we get know from the LNP script straight from Trump
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This is not a new thing and it’s disappointing that the Feds are just realising this now. Opening up to a new wave will only make it worse. You’ve changed.
Robodebt suicides. Aged care deaths. All good apparently.
We heard that you are more than happy with the New Sydney Airport price......
Now we know how low a failed treasurer will stoop. gutterpolitics
‘Many people say...’
They've been prescribing antidepressants to kids since before COVID19. I'd want some actual stats on a COVID related increase before risking another outbreak over it. Maybe this sudden interest in Australians' mental health could be applied in regard to the JobSeeker rate tho.
Maybe Josh could arrange another payment for land owned by a Liberal party donor at 20 times it’s value. I’m sure that will improve the children’s mood
Did you ask for evidence or just let him get away with an emotionally charged lie
thats been the case for 30 years also in unrelated news Ive heard of cases where a deadly pandemic kills millions if not controlled pretty strenuously
Oh so NOW the Liberals give two shits about mental health?
Probably including those kids he and his happy clapper boss locked up on Nauru and Manus for years
Called s lockdown...
Th kings could have been much worse if this idiot had his way Children would have had to cope with much worse.
Hi Josh? What's the source? How many doctors? How many 12-year-olds? Were the issues specifically Covid-related? How did you find out about children's confidential medical records and is it ethical you use this apparent knowledge for political gain? Looking forward to your reply
That has bern happening for years not just during Covid .
Think treasurer should stop whining about Victoria’s strategy dealing with deadly global virus. To treasurer’s dismay the strategy is working. He looks petty when criticising medical directions. How about being supportive of fellow Victorians and the wonderful job they’re doing?
Come back to Melbourne and stop hiding in your ivory tower in Canberra
What if we don't get to 5 new case average any time soon? The mental and emotional rollercoaster is exhausting. There are days you realise it is affecting you much more than you thought. Will no one reconsider the 'map' or rescue us if it doesn't work out at the speculated dates?
Why write this trash, many years ago i was aware of a 6 yo who took his own life, mental health issues have been around in children and adolescents for years, dont publish trash, you are better than this, or maybe are are not
Robodebt suicides Josh Frydenberg... anyone in journo world want to report?
They are going back to school josh from accounts! It’s holidays at the moment!
I have heard Josh is lying & when pressed would be unable to provide proof
Dear Mr Frydenberg, please cite original sources, no fake news thank you.
Love the Dan army going wild. Like the government is suggesting putting kids to slaughter. No its suggesting safely returning kids to school, to a life they want to live. In a state that had many local areas with ZERO cases in weeks. Rural at least should be fully returned ASAP
Anecdotes are not evidence, how does he know it's directly related to the lockdown? Just another stupid provocation in the face of Dan Andrew's success in canning the epidemic.
He lives in a strange suburb
Was it Dr Bombay or Dr Bellows 😂. Maybe let me know on the psychic hotline.
Have a listen to theae heartless leftist thugs commenting. This is genuinely true and rampant in Victoria as a result of horrendous mismanagement from the labour government. Hang your heads in shame. Children are locked inside for months and yes many are committing suicide.
I heard of 12 years boy killed himself from depression. Why this is nor reported? Why government is killing people and economy?
In the parlance of Margaret Thatcher - which doctors? Do you have their names?
Ridiculous. Parenting lessons would be better & those types of Drs re-educated or sacked.
There is evidence for use of antidepressants for anxiety in children and adolescents.
Most Victorian school children are doing it very tough it’s a most depressing time in Vic.
That’s a problem with doctors and society as a whole.. kids need to learn life sucks sometimes, that’s what makes it good.. pretty basic shit 99% of these kids don’t have chemical imbalances they just going through a shitty period which is natural, until you try to mess with it
Whenever Joshy says he has “heard” of something which sounds like rolled-gold bullshit, you can take it to the bank that he heard it on SkyNewsAust After Dark or on Radio Moron 2GB873 nutters COVID19Aus auspol
Ten GPS! Spare me.
The irresponsible LNP just keep banging their drum.
SenSHenderson They (nicola roxon) approved unlawful prescription of SSRI's to babies 12 mths in 2008, PBS fraud of black label drugs to kids was intentionally done with backing of Abbott & Andrews via PBAC when I challenged them they threatened me... the evidence was not meant for consumers
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Isn’t this a reflection of doctors’ incompetence?
The old “people are saying” line. So Trumpian. Well done Josh!
How many doctors? Where’s the source?
Stay in your lane, JoshFrydenberg. Mental health or education aren't your portfolio.