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Black and blue are the important ones, they're the ones with the line voltage. From what I can see, they're both OK, and they have wagos on them.
Under normal circumstances, the grounding wire (green/yellow) shouldn't carry any voltage, but mistakes and faults happen. While you'll most likely be fine just covering it as it is, I'd give that wire some treatment too: If you don't have any wago clamps or similar, just snip off the exposed copper, and wrap some electrical tape around it just to be safe.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not in ~~Australia~~ Austria (I'm ~~European~~ Scandinavian), and I'm not a licensed electrician, let alone a licensed electrician in ~~Australia~~ Austria. I could be an internet terrorist who wants you to burn down your house for all you know.
i see if work has electrical tape tomorrow
until than, dont turn on electricity?
since you said the black and blue ones are okay that should mean i could right?
Unless there's a grounding fault somewhere in your house, you should be good. Until tomorrow is probably fine, just make sure that the exposed grounding wire isn't touching anything conductive in the mean time, and you're safe even if there is a grounding fault.
If you have a voltmeter, you can measure the voltage between the grounding wire and something conductive that is connected to actual ground, such as a copper pipe or similar. Voltage should be 0 in a healthy electrical installation.
PS: Any tape will do, to be honest, as long as it's not conductive. The main d9wnside to using duct tape instead of electrical tape is that it's not according to code, and it looks like ass. But I've done it.
i dont particularly care about looks but the store i work at should have some elec tape on sale