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Flat White

Covid cavaliers forget the elderly

28 June 2021

4:55 PM

28 June 2021

4:55 PM

#GladysClusterFukup was trending on Twitter yesterday. That was no surprise. Like most of Twitter, it was driven by malice. But there is a “fukup” — a ClusterFukup, even — that’s relevant here, and that is aged care and the safety of the elderly.

Last week, Gladys Berejiklian took a gamble. She gambled that New South Wales’ public health protections were sound enough that she could keep the state open and say lockdowns are something that only happen under Labor governments.

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