The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
I'm startled by a large portion of Australia's lack of empathy towards Victoria.
Our state lines are really coming out, thought it was "we're all in this together", apparently not.
Victorians, who took took the majority of international returning flights, are now suffering largely because of chance (plus a couple careless mistakes and the other states' success).
Really makes me depressed with our two party system that the opportunity to stick the boot in and score a few political points will always outweigh showing some fucking real leadership.
I feel for the people in Victoria. Talking to some clients in Melbourne yesterday, they haven't been in their office since March. That's gotta suck. I think there is a sense of frustration on the part of the other states in the country (rightly or wrongly) that is similar to the NSW situation (Ruby Princess, aged care) early on in the pandemic. That is, "what incompetence caused this and who is to blame?" I also think that many are looking at the Premier of Victoria and wondering if he knows what he's doing, especially considering his dismissive attitude towards states like SA a few months ago. There's more than a bit of schadenfreude I reckon. I will also add that I'm starting to get frustrated with the WA premier and his near total unwillingness to discuss a road map for reopening our state.