The former Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, probably never wanted to see the Ruby Princess again.

Three years on we might wonder, what on earth was she thinking … that an inanimate object could bring her career down any more than a toaster could’ve done earlier that day if her toast was burnt?

Surely the chaos was nothing to do with the people in charge? The New South Wales Covid response became a nothing-to-see-here fiasco, and be assured, the senior bureaucrats were all skilled experts in virology, media, and spin.