This is an interesting choice of article of the many on this matter. The title is wrong (it’s state government, not federal. You wouldn’t post “US government”

This is an interesting choice of article of the many on this matter. The title is wrong (it’s state government, not federal. You wouldn’t post “US government” when Florida enacts something). The intent of this program is as a trial to see if this improves things or not. I suspect a lot of the readers here are lacking any real knowledge of Australia’s treatment of COVID-19 beyond the odd random news article and are looking through their own localised lenses. Before criticising, it may be worth taking some time to research and understand. Our death toll in total in 18 months is about the same as the current daily death toll in the US. We have achieved this via means that simply would not work in the US due to dissension between states and differing views on the practically of temporarily giving up freedoms for the greater good.