The slapstick hotel quarantine theatre in Melbourne that created the second wave of cases last June. The Ruby Princess cruise ship debacle that disgorged a boatload of infected passengers onto the streets of Sydney a year ago. You cannot attribute Australia’s success to logistical genius or Delphic foresight. Last November saw a big anti-lockdown demonstration in Melbourne convened to protest the measures that drove the case count down to zero. It is a raucous democracy with its politics evenly divided between conservative and progressive camps. Australia isn’t an orderly, fastidious society like Japan or hospitable to healthy doses of authoritarian rule like Singapore. Here, “pandemic control” is not an oxymoron. Maybe pandemic control has something to do with it. The Australian economy is now projected to grow by 3.2 per cent in 2021, a major turnaround from last July’s estimate of minus 4.1 per cent for this year.
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Those patios and decks are nonetheless open and full (maximum density of one person per two square metres), spilling out onto busy streets full of shoppers. Not so great for the beach or dining on restaurant patios and decks. Great for running and biking and walking. It’s cool – not cool as in hip, but low-20s temperature cool. This temporary Saskatchewan expat is loving Melbourne this summer, for the reason many of the locals aren’t.
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