NSW and Victoria are trying to juggle the pain of lockdown with minor concessions and the promise of better to come when vaccination targets are eventually hit.
Very few people know someone who has suffered from a serious case of COVID-19, one senior federal minister says wearily. Yet everyone seems to know someone whose family has suffered serious mental health issues, including self-harm, from the impact of lockdown.
The enormous societal cost of lockdowns – well beyond the daily call-out of positive cases – is belatedly gaining greater political traction, even among some of the previously intractable.
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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com
