The response from the Federal Government in terms of the coronavirus has been swift and strong.
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The Morrison Government has reacted by implementing travel restrictions, testing regimes and on Thursday announced a significant financial package designed to stimulate the struggling economy.
Hopefully those people who are given a cash bonus choose to spend their $750 wisely, not just on toilet paper and tissues.
Many are rightly pointing out the elephant in the room.
Compare this response to the reaction from the same government at another recent time of national crisis, the bushfires, which gripped this country for almost an entire summer.
The responses are worlds apart.
The quesiton is: Why?
Why so poor in one instance and so good in another?
Is it learning from prior history?
Or, is it that dealing with a medical emergency like the one we are now facing is a bit easier to handle and to formulate a response for?
Maybe, as usual, there is no black and white answer to that question, but instead just shades of grey.
Outside of the raft of financial measures announced by on Thursday, the Australian government started to consider a range of other options including a ban on travel from Europe.
It came as the United States banned travel from Europe to the US.
The entire coronavirus story moved incredibly swiftly and dramatically in the space in 24 hours and seemingly that will only continue as concerns continue to grow.
Sadly the coronavirus has now hit very close to home for Orange folk with news that three Orange residents are currently being treated for the condition.
The entire country is waiting to see what levels of government will do to combat the pandemic.
No doubt state governments will roll out measures of their own off the back of the federal government and further measures will filter down to local government.
If 2020 hadn't already brought enough sadness and feat into the lives of Australian public then best strap yourself in.
The phrase business as usual has been rolled out a lot over the past week, but it genuinely appears to be anything but BAU.
This is a situation which won't just go away, nor go away quickly.