The report, riddled with lies and misinformation, is a crude justification for the subordination of public health and lives ...

Draconian Covid-19 measures ­including state lockdowns, border closures, school shutdowns and vaccine mandates were not justified after the initial wave of the pandemic and fuelled an erosion in ...

Australians have lost trust in government and many are likely to resist drastic health measures in a future pandemic, the ...

A review of Australia's COVID-19 response hails ... The reviewers said lockdowns eroded public trust and had "lost credibility with the Australian public." "In future, Australians will only ...

and the federal government spending too much by outlaying $213 billion in COVID-related assistance and stimulus measures. Australian policymakers were not alone in misjudging the nature and ...

apparently there was no room for a chapter on lockdowns. Instead peppered throughout the section dealing with health response to Covid-19 there is discussion of what are euphemistically described ...

Former Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton admits he failed to explain to the public why COVID lockdowns were necessary ... a lot of emphasis on the new Australian Centre for Disease ...