We are battling a new wave of the Delta variant, as to why these measures are being brought in now it's because of two reasons: 1) NSW vaccination rates are ve

We are battling a new wave of the Delta variant, as to why these measures are being brought in now it's because of two reasons: 1) NSW vaccination rates are very low. As of today only 19.6% of citizens are fully vaccinated and 37.4% are partially vaccinated. This is in part because our PM didn't secure a large enough supply of the Pfizer vaccine, and the government then sent very mixed messages about Astra Zeneca vaccine that led to a lot of people waiting for more pfizer doses. 2) The NSW government failed to take strong enough steps early in the delta outbreak to prevent this long protracted lockdown. Instead of going through a short sharp few weeks of lockdown, we are now in the 6th week of lockdown and cases have continued to rise. It seems likely at this point until we will remain in lockdown until the 80% vaccination rate is reached in late november. TL:DR, both Federal and State governments made poor decisions, and now they're rushing to stem the outbreak as it continues to worsen in the face of their half measures.