All upcoming shows for the Apia Good Times tour in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have been postponed. Tasmanian dates remain as is.
A large crowd of women singing songs and waving signs lined both sides of the road leading to the Courthouse in Apia where the Samoan Court of Appeal is hearing an appeal by the Electoral Commissioner and HRPP candidate, Aliimalemanu Alofa Tuuau.
Protesters at the march in Apia
Photo: HRPP
Aliimalemanu was an unsuccessful candidate in the 9 April election but was then selected by the commissioner to join parliament under the law that ensures 10 percent of parliament is comprised of women.
The appeal is against the Samoan Supreme Court ruling which declared that Aliimalemanu s selection was unconstitutional. The court then nullified and voided her appointment.
Leo Sayer paid tribute to Melbourne’s 112-day Covid lockdown in 2020 with a song that articulated the feelings of Melbourians. ‘My City In Lockdown’ was created for the people of Melbourne.
And here we are again, 2021 and a city now in its fourth lockdown with the 7-day period most likely to be extended again at the end of this week due to Federal Government cover-ups, lies and incompetence.
“This seems to be current again, what a fucking world we live in,” Leo tells Noise11.com. “As a person who has spent most of his working life ‘living’ in hotels I can’t believe all these stupid politicians and their highly paid health experts could ever think that the hotel quarantine situation would work. Hotels with shut windows and recycling air systems are really perfectly effective incubators for lethal diseases.
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