#auspol #COVID19Aus imagine the long, late nights in Macquarie Street, where government spin doctors agonise…

#auspol #COVID19Aus imagine the long, late nights in Macquarie Street, where government spin doctors agonise how to spin an imminent lockdown, while Kerry Chant bangs on the door and asks them to hurry. /1 https://t.co/eNMMxvunNN

'We're carrying the heaviest burden through HQ" is getting a bit tired and old. 'Proportionate' sent too many scrambling for the dictionary. Some sort of athletic or Olympic metaphor, like gold-medal long jumping viruses, might do.../2

...though disturbingly it would mean NSW has had to follow Victoria and use a lockdown to contain the variant. Obviously a need to spin that as NSW being better, in some way. Such wicked problems. /end