MARK BURRY

“I think this need to gather is fundamental to who we are, and it has been stymied by Covid-19 but also underlined by it, and that need in us for community addresses the difficult lesson we have to learn: business is not government and government is not a business. The biggest choice as governments began thinking about easing lockdowns, the choice that really seems to divide us deeply, is that between community and economy.”

In this essay, the actor considers the disruptions of the pandemic and the renewed fervour for social and economic justice

Source: Cate Blanchett: ‘Covid-19 has ravaged the whole idea of small government’ | Books | The Guardian

A visual comparison of the country’s epidemic curve compared with other nations

Source: The graphs that show Australia’s achievement in stopping second-wave Covid outbreak | News | The Guardian