The Fun Police: are Covid Marshals ruining weddings?
The Briefing10 Aug 2020

The Fun Police: are Covid Marshals ruining weddings?

On todays episode we explore how COVID-19 has impacted our weddings. Classed as 'super spreading events’ Covid Marshals are now required as part of a safety plan at weddings. But does this actually stop the spread of the virus, or is it just as a visual deterrent?


These ‘fun police’ are required to ensure safety guidelines are being met which includes no dancing, no mingling, no singing, no embracing or shaking hands. Police have even turned up to do head counts and dancefloor inspections.

So is a wedding with so many restrictions even worth it? And could line dancing be the answer to keep our weddings safe?

Our guests are: John Alten (Sydney MC and event director), Professor Nancy Baxter from the University of Melbourne and Antoinette Lattouf, who was a guest at a covid safe wedding where the police were called.

In today's news headlines:

  • BREAKING: The entire Lebanese government has resigned
  • Australia's aged care death rate among the worst in the world
  • Covid-19: Victoria’s promising case drop; NSW school cluster grows; teens arrested for skipping quarantine

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