How near could Australia be to opening the economy and society post our COVID-19 pandemic?

With the number of “active cases” in Australia at 1473 (see 2nd graph in link below) , & the number of new cases in the nation hovering between 8 and 23 daily for the last 6 days (see 3rd graph), could Australia wait for those 1473 to recover and 14 days of no new cases to resume our society & economy with closed international borders?
 

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Dr Lachlan Soper