For those reading articles like this and interested in the Australia v. Djokovic row, what it means for border security, testing/vaccination mandates, etc. its

For those reading articles like this and interested in the Australia v. Djokovic row, what it means for border security, testing/vaccination mandates, etc. its also worth remembering that up until this story broke the biggest political issue in Australia was that the Federal government was not providing free rapid antigen tests like other countries -- despite rapidly increasing cases against reduce mandates. The reason being "we don't want to undercut retail stores" and "you can't expect everything for free" (quotes almost verbatim) An individual rapid test was selling for $25 AUD ($17~ USD), if you could find them at all. A kebab shop even sold the tests alongside their kebabs on Uber Eats... it was getting silly. Irrespective of your views on any of the above issues, the government is masterful at changing the conversation whenever they're in bad light. Its a hallmark of the current government.