- July 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
In response to the rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19, much of Australia is once again in lockdown. The current outbreak was concentrated initially in Sydney and the mistakes made by New South Wales’s (NSW) Coalition government have refocused attention on the worst aspects of Australia’s COVID-19 response. As lockdowns spread to other states, it’s clear that the Coalition’s response to the pandemic has been a disaster for everyone except big business.
The capitalist class has exploited the crisis to drive down living standards and boost profits. Now, however, the gloss is coming off the Liberals, thanks to the poor handling of the latest outbreak by the NSW government and the mangling of Australia’s vaccine rollout by its federal counterpart. To seize on this and to rebuild an…