@Bunn-Wackett; it appears that you;'e distressed by reality checks of what's happening on the ground.
Apparently unlike you I interact with real people ranging from kids in nappies to company managers and medical staff caring for my wife's 91+ year old mother and a younger sister undergoing chemotherapy for an aggressive uterine cancer.
Nor do I source my information and political insights from Murdoch Mouthpieces.
Here's another reality check for you based on Albury-Wodonga [our nearest large urban centre]:

