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All industries were affected, but those who managed to innovate and work around it survived. And the reality is those who were able to commandeer technology managed survive and thrive. Those that couldn't either went bankrupt or were dependent on government stimulus."

That's the official BS.

A good example i know: mine..

Startup in China, world patents just 3y ago working in AI and AR.

Government restrictions put an halt: i had 2 options.move permanently there or give up.

At 55, and able to do it, i just gave up.

Folding company: pty ltd..which is actually quite a lot of paperwork and costs.

The chinese part going on, mostly unaffected within China after mid 2020.

Australian company closing 0 income and myself retired. China one Australia 0.

And no.you can not efficiently manage a company tech in leading edge fields 100pc remotely during 2 years.

Maybe i am not tech savy enough....LOL

So that's a nice narrative to tell to shift the blame away from politicians, but not much substance...

I am sure the apples unpicked on the trees could have been picked by Zoom conferences....or the restaurants should be all booming doing takeaway..

The Australian politicians were able..and still do .. to destroy the economy for a few votes, as Australian population is generally uninformed and in the absence of border with "the rest of the world" were able to go along with the upmost BS.

Travel blocks also prevented retourning residents from spreading news and facts about what life outside the curtain was.or is...