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Health experts say Australia's states should have a uniform response to dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks and are accusing some jurisdictions — including New South Wales — of prioritising politics over health.
Since the pandemic began, state and territory leaders have called lockdowns at different stages of outbreaks and with varying rules, restrictions and definitions of essential work., Australian Medical Association vice-president Chris Moy said that was not the case in the early days of the pandemic, when the states were mostly united and acted on the advice of their chief health officer and the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee .
But Dr Moy said over time that framework had "broken down" and Australian jurisdictions were now responding to COVID-19 outbreaks separately and with varying levels of political interference. "We've been bewildered and gobsmacked by the response in NSW, which has been clearly two or three steps behind in terms of reducing restrictions to allow their contact tracers to catch up," he said."The decision-makers have never pulled the levers hard enough … and now it's got away from them."
During daily media conferences, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has defended her handling of the Delta outbreak, saying she always acted on the health advice available.
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