The Australian people will be best served by separating science from politics.
- Adjunct professor, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity, UNSW
The prime minister has borrowed language from Franklin Roosevelt to describe his pathway out of the pandemic. But Morrison’s ‘New Deal’ has the potential to leave too many people behind.
The government has bungled its handling of coronavirus. Our leaders need to learn from our response to the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, which was completely de-politicised and way more effective.
When AIDS first emerged in the early 1980s, HIV infection was a death sentence. But a global effort has ensured this is no longer the case for a growing number of people. The good news today is that the…
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