I read about this article as well, but I didn't realise what the Department of Finance spent was on top of the $440m..... Thing is, when RATs were in low supply, it was extremely expensive to get in Australia and anyone who had them for sale, was price gouging. So many articles on those that the governments had to step in and try to provide them. Not defending the WA government's actions, but I can understand their irrational fear about not having enough RATs.

IMO though, if you asked me whether I would prefer to be in Victoria vs. WA during Covid, I would 100% say I would have liked to be in WA. WA locked their borders, but they didn't lock the people up at home. My friends were living it up in WA, going to the beaches and shops while I couldn't travel more then 5kms from my home.

And as it sink, the rats will abandon ship - but we'll have nowhere to go.

There is always the Moon or Mars, if you are Elon's friend :D