The Covid inquiry has exposed the self-serving state leaders who dug in on vaccine mandates, prolonged lockdowns and a lack of transparency after an initial response that put Australia ahead of the global curve.
Victoria’s pandemic measures, which included 262 days in lockdown, playground closures and 5km travel limits, have been slammed by the Covid-19 inquiry.
Draconian Covid-19 measures were not justified after the initial wave of the pandemic and fuelled an erosion in trust in governments and mental health damage to children, a landmark inquiry has found.
In Victoria, as the summer fire season looms, dozens of unvaccinated firefighters are still banned from returning to work three years after being stood down without pay.
While the hard border caused angst for those wanting to enter WA, it had the fewest Covid deaths and the shortest lockdowns of any state.
Australia’s Covid pandemic response fixated on case numbers and lost sight of the broader mental-health impacts of lockdowns and school closures, a landmark inquiry has found.
The budgetary response to the pandemic was an overkill that fuelled inflation. But that wasn’t the worst of it.
The centralised disease hub will be tasked with “stress-testing” Australia’s ability to cope with future pandemics and other major health emergencies.
A large-scale report into Australia’s response to Covid-19 found trust had been “eroded” due to “heavy-handed” measures taken in the pandemic.
Anthony Albanese has been denied a final nail to hammer into Scott Morrison’s political coffin, if that was the motivation for his pre-election pledge to hold a Covid-19 inquiry.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says “billions of dollars” were wasted in poorly targeted relief payments during the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘Many of the measures taken during Covid-19 are unlikely to be accepted by the population again.’ | Read the key points from the report.
A large-scale report into Australia’s response to Covid-19 found trust had been “eroded” due to “heavy-handed” measures taken in the pandemic.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to refer himself to the National Anti-Corruption Commission over revelations in a new book he requested upgrades from former Qantas boss Alan Joyce.
Almost one in six food and beverage businesses are rated at a high risk of failure due to problems created by the high cost of living, new CreditWatch data shows.
A simple, cost-effective solution from one of the poorest nations is improving learning outcomes.
The RBA’s latest annual report details a $4.2bn on-paper loss for the past financial year, taking its accounting losses since 2021 past $51bn.
In the first trip by Australian media since January 2020, The Weekend Australian asks locals: What really happened in Wuhan?
A huge spike in trading volumes on the ASX on a Friday in the early days of the Covid pandemic set alarm bells ringing at the market operator, whose CHESS system was clearly struggling to cope.
Appointing Daniel Andrews to this position is akin to making a convicted pyromaniac the fire brigade commander.
More than 200,000 foreigners were granted pandemic-event visas by the Albanese government well after the crisis ended.
Heart attacks and strokes are expected to stay prevalent in past Covid patients for years after infection, a new study indicates.
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As we head to a federal election, our leaders need to stop talking about productivity and do something about it.
In his most high-profile public appearance since resigning as Nine chairman, Peter Costello also blasted Daniel Andrews for wrongly believing his role was to embark on Indigenous treaty negotiations and join China’s One Belt One Road initiative.
Qantas has been ordered to pay an eye-watering amount to compensate three of the 1700 workers who were illegally fired during the Covid pandemic.
A top Reserve Bank official gives a strong indication the central bank could be preparing the way for an interest rate cut.
Late payments by businesses are at their highest level since the depths of Covid-19, and it’s the hospitality and construction sectors faring worst.
The implications of the tightening axis between China, Russia and Iran are an excellent reason for Australia and other nations to increase sanctions against Iran, targeting financial, military and terror networks.
As frontman of Shihad, one of New Zealand’s greatest rock bands, Jon Toogood had long since come to terms with the quiet hum of tinnitus – but a Covid infection turned it up to 11.
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