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by nimvlaj30 1792 days ago
From my perspective as a progressive, the Federal government are corrupt, lazy, and have an extreme inability to get things done.

Scott Morrison, the prime minster, had the opportunity to purchase more vaccines, and was advised to "purchase as many as you can" by public health advisors. Instead, he did what he and the rest of the Liberal Party of Australia (conservative) have always done...

Not purchase enough, then shift the blame to the individual states and let them fight over what few vaccines were actually purchased.

There has been months of advertisements rolling, advising under 50s to head to their GP and get an Astrazeneca shot. I am in my late 20s, and have gone to my GP multiple times only to be told I'm not part of the roll out. The ads from the government tell me I can get a vaccine, but my GP says there are no vaccines.

Our government only know how to spin and market.

The Liberal party have literally been marketing a solution (get vaccinated) that they don't have, because they never had enough vaccines in the first place.