COVID-19 is a deadly virus but for the great majority who are infected it is neither a death sentence nor an illness needing medical treatment, and leading epidemiologists have slammed our backwards approach, writes Rita Panahi.
As if amnesiac bureaucrats weren’t enough, Andrew Crisp retracting what little evidence he gave at the hotel inquiry is the cherry on top of a useless and deeply troubling situation, writes Rita Panahi.
President Donald Trump tweeted earlier today that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and would begin a period of quarantine.
You can be sure Premier Daniel Andrews’ condescending and often hostile treatment of female journalists would be called out as sexist were it not for his leftist privilege, writes Rita Panahi.
US President Donald Trump went into battle with two people in the first presidential debate — Joe Biden and debate moderator Chris Wallace. Here’s what else we learned in the 95 minute screaming match, writes Rita Panahi.
Never has the expression “hoist with his own petard” been more apt. Members of the Victorian government and bureaucracy could face industrial manslaughter charges over the hotel quarantine fiasco, writes Rita Panahi.
The only evidence gained from the hotel quarantine inquiry is that a unique strain of amnesia has rendered members of the Victorian government and bureaucracy deaf, dumb and blind, writes Rita Panahi.
Premier Daniel Andrews has said more than once that the buck stops with him but here are the feckless five who should also be held accountable for their part in Victoria’s botched COVID response, writes Rita Panahi.
“Jerry, just remember, it’s not a lie if you believe it”. The lies spread during Victoria’s disastrous COVID-19 response smacks of a government and bureaucracy that is arrogant and unaccountable, and a Premier like Seinfeld’s George Costanza, writes Rita Panahi.
NSW had a premier resign over an undeclared bottle of wine, but in Victoria a leader who has overseen the most disastrous set of decisions — with catastrophic economic, social and health consequences — is in no danger of being replaced, writes Rita Panahi.
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