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Peter Strong

The case for a national COVID-19 plan

NSW's success and Victoria's failures have taught us a lot about managing this virus. All the information should feed into a national response strategy to protect the country's health and economic future.

Businesses, large and small and in between, always need as much certainty as possible. There are always unknowns, especially in a pandemic, but we need adequate information to make decisions about our futures and investments – and through that the future of jobs and the economy.

Wednesday's editorial in The Australian Financial Review highlighted the lack of a plan, and the need for one.

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Peter Strong is a small business advocate at Community Economics and a former chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/we-need-a-national-plan-for-keeping-australia-covid-safe-and-open-20201020-p566y2