General
Bring out McGimp
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan isn’t a native sandgroper. He’s from Newcastle and only washed up in the West thanks to his time in the submarine service.
Pop psychology can be a dangerous thing, but McGowan’s main measure to contain coronavirus, the Iron Ore Curtain that cut off his state, has been the nation’s strongest, longest COVID measure of them all, even outdoing Daniel Andrews. Perhaps from his time afloat — or, rather, not — he only truly feels safe when isolated, when constrained and restrained. Perhaps it even gives him a frisson of naughty delight.
We saw this in his truly bizarre refusal to attend last Friday’s National Cabinet if South Australian Premier Steven Marshall was there.
Now, SA’s handling of its unique…
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