In early January, while organisations involved in pandemic planning in Australia were just stirring, here's how Brendan Murphy pushed the go button at a political level.
Health Minister Greg Hunt and Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy at an April 21 press conference on the coronavirus response. Alex Ellinghausen
Four months ago, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt answered a phone call in the car that would initiate a change in Australia’s lifestyle and economy that no one could have imagined.
It was Monday, January 20, the country was burning and the bushfire crisis, with terrible loss of lives and property, was consuming the nation’s attention.
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