Australia's economy, and in particular Victoria's, was shattered by the longest and strictest lockdown globally.

It's nice if you got to keep your job, but many businesses and lives were destroyed. Especially blue collar businesses. The government offered the businesses that it literally forced out of business essentially zero compensation.

Are we supposed to be perpetually in and out of lockdowns for years until the rest of the world is vaccinated?

Economic downturn is directly linked to adverse health outcomes, not just including suicide but things like deferred treatments, depression and otherwise.