They call Australia the “lucky country” and it is easy to see why.
It was hit hard by Covid early but a combination of swift government action, geographic isolation – and luck – means life is almost back to normal and the economy is booming.
No masks in shops, restaurants and bars full, offices buzzing with people: it is all very different to what most of the rest of the world is experiencing.
After a big contraction in the first wave of Covid, the Australian economy grew faster than at any time since 1976 in the pre-Christmas period.
Zac Radbone, Moore Global head of Digital Media, recently returned to visit his home town of Adelaide after a year locked down in London.
He made a video diary of his experiences and says: “The two cities might be 10,000 miles apart on a map but they might as well be on different planets right now.”
