Although 40,000 people test positive every day, and 30 people die from COVID-19, neither the Liberals nor Labor has a pandemic policy before the election in three weeks.
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“We’ve tried the media, politicians, and campaign staff and just can’t get anyone to talk about why this is not part of the election debate,” he says. “The foundation stone of where we are as a country is that we are one of only two OECD countries in the world to have a whole-of-population vaccination rate of above 80 per cent, loss of life of below 300 per million and unemployment of 4 per cent or less,” the minister says.When the opposition was asked for its view, health spokesman Mark Butler’s staff suggested checking his tweets.
“The next generation of public health leaders need a training pathway and the capacity to respond to future challenges. A fully rolled out program across all states territories and the federal government would produce over 160 graduates a year and cost less than $50 million a year.”On the PHAA’s website, its president, adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri, says establishing a centre for diseases control and prevention should be a high priority.
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