From Queensland to the US, the antidote to surging populism is competent government | Peter Lewis

After Labor effectively managed the pandemic in Queensland, One Nation registered barely a blip in the recent state election

Despite our consumption of their culture, addiction to their social media platforms and reliance on their long-term alliance, it’s been striking through 2020 how different we Australians are from our American brethren. And not in a bad way.

Where the US has been overrun by the pandemic, Australia has resisted it. Where the US corporate health system groaned under the stress, Australia’s public system stood up. Where large sections of the US railed against wearing masks, Australians followed the expert advice.

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