[omegabravo]

> instead has relied on rolling lockdowns and other invasive measures.

Perhaps I misunderstood your point, but it appears that you are arguing that Australia preferred the option of rolling lockdowns?

When you have no vaccines available there are two options. Overload your hospital system or lockdown. Everyone would have preferred having vaccines when the US and the UK received theirs.

Furthermore, the state governments that are actually in charge of lockdowns, are not responsible for procuring the vaccines. The federal government were under minor scrutiny for making a mess of that. This reflects the media landscape in Australia that is dominated by NewsCorp.