Australia’s audit office will probe the Morrison government’s $2 billion deal with US pharmaceutical giant Moderna to set up vaccine manufacturing in Australia.
Winston Peters says his country’s pandemic royal commission will ask hard questions about Jacinda Ardern’s tough approach.
Former Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton admits he failed to explain why COVID lockdowns were necessary.
The year-long COVID inquiry found missteps in a once-in-a-century pandemic have undermined trust in vaccines,science and government policy.
The first wide-ranging inquiry into the nation’s pandemic response has found delays procuring COVID-19 vaccines cost lives and delivered a $31 billion hit to the economy.
The federal government spent $343 billion on combatting COVID-19. A review finds that while useful,some of that spending exacerbated today’s inflation pressures.
The first inquiry into the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic delivered some sharp criticisms but lacked the proper scope.
The Reserve Bank and governments pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy to deal with Covid. We are still counting the cost.
The last of our three-part series looking at the lessons to be learned from the pandemic reminds us of the forgotten human toll in locking up NSW.
Policymakers overlooked social cohesion and mental health factors when pushing through health orders,according to a panel of experts.
NSW’s approach to COVID lockdowns and policing lacked clarity,should have been more localised,went for too long and risked social division,according to a panel of experts.