Oz would have the lowest infection rate per 1000 population, and the lowest death rate from those infected. That is good.
The covid precautions of hand cleaning and social distancing mean that nobody I know has even had a flu, cold or sniffle since March last year. That is good.
Yes, it has been hard on the people, but how much of that was electioneering from the state premiers? Screams to open the QLD border to anybody north of Coffs (there were no reported cases north of Coffs) were met by "I will not be bullied by those Liberal people!" and she turned away people who were 4 km from the nearest hospital in Qld and made them travel hours to get to the next best emergency room. Cafes and restaurants could have been opened way earlier. Border guards sent home. But no. A state election was looming.