NSW Health limits residents of locked-down tower block to six beers per day

I was recently locked in a hotel room for 2 weeks in Sydney because I flew in from Canada.

During that time, I was allowed to order only 6 beers or one bottle of wine per day. If I ordered more (with door dash or whatever) the front desk would hold it and only deliver the allowed amount per day.

Out of spite I was tempted to order 6 beers each and every day, then drink them all on the last day!

This reminds me of the outcry when the Australian Bathurst 1000 car race, introduced beer limits to their campgrounds.

I was angry initially, then found out it was limited to 24 cans of full strength beer per person per day - apparently this is not enough for the event patrons.

Power corrupts absolutely power corrupts absolutely. -John Dalberg-Acton

This is why government power and control should be limited even for health and safety reasons.

Are there any limits on ripe-fruit delivery? 20th-century America has a manual for this sort of situation.

Has australia ever been a 1st world country?

The article is a bit confusing because as you read along

> A Sydney Local Health District spokeswoman confirmed the limits are in place in NSW Health’s Special Health Accomodation, where Covid-positive patients and close contacts are sent for isolation.

> [. . .] A NSW Police spokeswoman said Police officers are not confiscating alcohol delivered to residential buildings, and do not have powers to do so.

Digging further it seems like the building is a homeless shelter and is under a 2 week lockdown https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/mission-aust...

Placing restrictions on deliveries to people’s homes that they own would seem excessive but I’m not sure if the same should apply to a social housing building of this type. I think homeless shelters elsewhere restrict alcohol and impose other stringent rules.

Can you save them up and really have a go on the weekend or is it “use it or lose it”? I feel like six is pretty reasonable, especially for the sheilas. Especially the bigger fosters cans.

Wow this is what i call a police state! When a Government thinks it is the parent of his children's.

When I was in NZ's MIQ you were only allowed a certain volume of alcohol - e.g. X beers, 1 bottle of wine, or something like that each day, and to get more on later days you would have to put the consumed bottles out for collection, so you couldn't store them and then binge drink.

Seemed entirely reasonable to me.