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And now the big test! Is Josh Frydenberg willing to give Victoria a compliment, given that NSW has fallen from the commonwealth’s “gold standard” status for its pandemic response.
ABC News Breakfast host Lisa Millar is testing the waters:
So Victoria is the gold standard now?
Well, unfortunately, and tragically, here in Victoria, more than 90% of the deaths have taken place and we’ve been in lockdown for more than 200 days.
But I have welcomed and I did support the short, sharp lockdown that the Andrews government undertook, and it’s very pleasing to see life starting to get back to a Covid-normal, although the restrictions are still in place in many parts of the city.
Answering questions on if there is a limit to how much the federal government is willing to go into deficit to keep supporting areas in lockdown, Josh Frydenberg said there is “no alternative”:
Well, it’s certainly costing the economy, the budget and the country a significant amount of money. But we have no alternative other than to ensure that we get on top of these outbreaks when they occur.
And my sense is that you’ll now see shorter and sharper lockdowns as the default position of state governments until we get a sufficient number of people vaccinated. And that’s what the Doherty modelling that we discussed at national cabinet is about.
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