"It's the single biggest fail of governments to have lied on this issue."
No way, the single biggest failure was letting it onto our island.
Back in late January there were still masks to be found but they had become scarce. In my area I spoke to chemists who said their entire stock was bought on the Australia Day weekend, the buyers were of non-Australian parentage. Not being racist, simply telling it as it was. I feel no ill will towards whoever they were doing that out of fear or to help back home. But, it should have been restricted and I wonder whether stock was gathered for resale elsewhere. Sale of personal protective equipment should have been restricted to official outlet to undercut that market.
