You’re absolutely correct, I have virtually no knowledge of the Australian “system” which I would have assumed (oh sorry, “Asshumed”, right?) is basically the English colonial system somewhat modified. Y’all still gotta get the Queenie’s assent for your laws, or did they decide you’re adults now and can make up your own rules?
Well,that is probably why you don’t understand that our Federal government didn’t have much say in all the different state vaccine mandates. With the exception of the initial National border closure (which lasted way too long and was a terrible decision by the Federal Government), the states here have much more power than the US states,and can close their borders (which many did) and make the vaccine mandates. The Federal government was generally against vaccine mandates, wanted schools to remain open, and the only Federal vaccine mandate is that aged health care workers be vaccinated. So our Federal mandates and restrictions are less than the USA which has now mandated all health care workers be mandated as approved by your Supreme Court and your government wanted vaccine mandates for most workers. And overall, most of our restrictions and mandates in the states are no worse than California, New York, etc. And in some states, we are more like the red states in the USA and our schools have remained open, for example.