Morrison has always talked about learning to live with the virus, he initially fought against the states from locking down (even talked about going to the footy when the epidemic really picked up) and was very clearly against the covid restrictions that they ended up implementing.
The states, however, control their own borders and their own policies. They ignored the federal government and eventually the federal government had to change tact somewhat to align with the state governments - and a good thing they did.
As far as vaccinations and policies around reopening and learning to live with covid goes. Australia is behind us with the vaccination rollout and, although they manufacture AstroZenica domestically and therefore have an advantage there, political pressure has meant that they're fazing out AstroZenica in favor of Pfizer, which is the same vaccine that we use. We're aiming to hit herd immunity by the end of the year and our treasury is planning for a reopening of international borders from January so I doubt Australia and our timelines will differ much.
The states, however, control their own borders and their own policies. They ignored the federal government and eventually the federal government had to change tact somewhat to align with the state governments - and a good thing they did.
As far as vaccinations and policies around reopening and learning to live with covid goes. Australia is behind us with the vaccination rollout and, although they manufacture AstroZenica domestically and therefore have an advantage there, political pressure has meant that they're fazing out AstroZenica in favor of Pfizer, which is the same vaccine that we use. We're aiming to hit herd immunity by the end of the year and our treasury is planning for a reopening of international borders from January so I doubt Australia and our timelines will differ much.