Remember Health is a State/Territory issue. Not Commonwealth/Federal.
The federal government, “lead” by ScoMo was intent on doing nothing and to “let it rip”. For business. Not their problem.
The states and premiers refused to do this. Yeah, I’m no Gladys fan, but she, and Dan Andrews and the other Premiers/Chief Ministers shut it all down. So they would have more voters than deaths lol
A “national cabinet” of the PM and state/territory leaders was formed so the federal government didn’t look useless and could pretend to be “leading” the covid response. The premiers/Chief Ministers were in charge of each of their states independently. It’s called a ‘federation’ for a reason.
Now, you can compare what’s happened with covid to what’s happening now.
Let’s remember COVID correctly:
Now, you can compare what’s happened with covid to what’s happening now.