Dr Nick Coatsworth
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And it was, you know, in those sort of academic terms, it was because the fear that was generated, legitimate fear,
The images out in New York and Italy, which, you know, as all media images are, partly true.
Clearly those images happened, but I think the magnitude of what was going on there was probably inflated, at least in people's minds, about how that would happen here.
Nonetheless, it's important.
New York, Italy, combined with the advice from public health, and then you get no counterweight from anyone in the economic or business sphere.
Like the only guy who's kicking up a fuss is old mate from Flight Centre.
Yeah, Screw Turner.
Yeah, Screw, Graham Screw Turner.
Yeah.
Yeah, absolutely.
Sorry, Screw, I know him very well, so I should have remembered his name there.
But everybody else was locking in, including Treasury.
But why were we so compliant?
Well, that was the lock-in effect of all the institutions.
So the Business Council of Australia, the big four banks, all the banking executives, everybody was behind this.
Yeah, I think it was overwhelmed by what was initially a very strong and legitimate position, which was Team Australia, we're in this together.
But once we headed down that path, it was very, very difficult for people to turn around and go, okay, we need to course correct here.
Now we've overcooked it.
Now we're into 2021 and 2022.
I mean, Mark McGowan still wanted to keep the WA borders closed in January of 2022.
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