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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt have defended the vaccine rollout.

How the Morrison government passed over an Australian company for a US pharmaceutical giant

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.

  • Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix

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New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

‘Whitewash’: New Zealand foreign minister blasts Australian COVID inquiry

Winston Peters says his country’s pandemic royal commission will ask hard questions about Jacinda Ardern’s tough approach.

  • Matthew Knott
Former chief health officer Brett Sutton.

Coatsworth says pandemic lockdowns eroded trust as Sutton admits mistakes

Former Victorian chief health officer Brett Sutton admits he failed to explain why COVID lockdowns were necessary.

  • Olivia Ireland and Kate Aubusson
Australian policymakers were not alone in misjudging the nature and strength of inflationary pressures that stemmed from the pandemic.

Trust is broken, and that’s the most damaging COVID legacy

The year-long COVID inquiry found missteps in a once-in-a-century pandemic have undermined trust in vaccines, science and government policy.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Many measures implemented during the pandemic are unlikely to be accepted by the population again.

‘Worse-placed than in 2020’: Where Australia’s pandemic response went wrong

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.

  • Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
People outside a Sydney Centrelink office in July 2021 after lockdowns hit the city.

Today’s inflation caused by yesterday’s COVID spending

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.

  • Shane Wright
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The Reserve Bank has looked at its key Covid-era policies to determine what worked and what didn’t. Australian governments have yet to do so.

The half trillion-dollar stimulus we didn’t know about

The Reserve Bank and governments pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy to deal with Covid. We are still counting the cost.

  • Shane Wright
COVID borders.

The forgotten human toll of locking up the state

Policymakers overlooked social cohesion and mental health factors when pushing through health orders, according to a panel of experts.

  • Michael Koziol and Alexandra Smith
Herald COVID inquiry

The ‘morally wrong’ restriction the police refused to follow

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.

  • Alexandra Smith and Michael Koziol
Federal and state governments must improve their processes for working together before the next pandemic

The secrets kept from those inside the nerve centre fighting COVID

As state and federal governments fought for control of borders and information during the pandemic, some of the most vulnerable were left at risk.

  • Mary Ward and Kate Aubusson

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