@Froggy181; some of your questions in that post are wrong.
1. From the outset in March 2020 Australians were told "we're all in this together, we'll act on medical advice" - that was Wave 1, 2020. Most states emerged from Wave 1 with minimal scarring and only Victoria experienced a second wave - politicians blamed Victoria's leaders and Victorians.
2. Construction - Victoria worked to a detailed plan crafted by a team of university experts which carefully defined 'essential work' and permitted construction work but at 25% staffing levels. NSW recently decided to name construction work citing rising infection numbers related to work sites.
3. Small business has not been killed in Victoria - the state government has delivered $6,7 Billion in grants to business thus far and has recently automatically dropped cheques in roughly 100,000 small business accounts without them even needing to apply. The Arts, hospitality and tourism sectors have continued to struggle - the federal government has repeatedly refused to support them. NSW is not yet experienced a prolonged lockdown do that its small businesses have not yet been pushed very hard by restrictions.
4. Andrews has indeed already imposed bans against people entering Victoria from NSW, including Victorians seeking to return home. A ring of steel around Sydney will protect regional NSW and allow it to function normally - as was the case with regional Victoria throughout its long 2020 lockdown.
Cheers!
