Opinion: Isolation gave Mark McGowan the gift of time. He would be wise not to squander it | CUhlmann
If the test of a first-rate intelligence really is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function, then West Australian Premier Mark McGowan is Australia’s pre-eminent thinker.
It’s just possible that the Qantas boss reckons this is bad for business, so perhaps it’s time McGowan launched his own air wing to compete with the grounded kangaroo in not flying to other countries. One hopes that he has turned his searing intellect to solving the problem he is hiding from his people: preparing for a surge in the disease when it, inevitably, comes. Throughout this crisis McGowan has had the significant natural advantage of ruling from one of the most isolated cities on earth. This, more than his innate genius, has bought him the precious gift of time. He would be wise not to squander it.
One of the many disservices COVID-zero fetishists inflicted on the nation was the illusion of a solution. The online victory dance performed every time the COVID case count in a particular state was forced to zero reminded of George W. Bush hoisting the “Mission Accomplished” banner proclaiming an end to the war in Iraq. Frequent rumours of victory by COVID-tough premiers were as premature as they were immature.
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