Greetings from Australia, the Commonwealth of confusion. Video of angry shoppers brawling over toilet rolls in Sydney supermarket aisles was broadcast around the world. Closely followed by footage of massed crowds cheerfully breaking disease control laws by clustering on Bondi beach.
One is a picture of a panicked Australia terrified of the consequences of the virus, the other of a recklessly indifferent Australia that just doesn't care. Should we be terrified, or should we be indifferent?
At the same time, Australia's states and territories are splintering off in different directions. First, Tasmania shut its borders to the rest of the country. Then the Northern Territory does the same, followed by South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland.
