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National Cabinet has removed the isolation requirements for those who test positive to COVID-19.
So far in 2022, more than 12,000 Australians have died with COVID, six times the number of deaths in the previous two years.
Anthony Albanese beats his drum about transparency but has rejected calls for more light to be shed on national cabinet meetings
It would be a wasted opportunity if our political leaders came back again in six months without a long-term plan about how to fund and improve the system.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.
Word from The Hill: Bowen says “bumpy” time ahead on power, but you can keep the heater on
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
This is a proportional response to managing risk at this stage of the pandemic, with so many of us vaccinated and receiving boosters. However, we need to monitor these changes.
Even minor reductions in COVID transmission rates due to early isolation would justify the additional costs associated with the policy.
National cabinet, like COAG before it, had early success that then dissolved into discord. It will survive the pandemic - but the question is whether it will be effective.
The problem with the plan to relax restrictions at 70% and 80% vaccination rates is it’s based on modelling that’s now obsolete.
In an open democracy, there is no rationale for withholding information about National Cabinet’s decisions or any documents these decisions are based on.
The national plan is not set in stone. States will make their own decisions about complying with it - including on border closures.
Australia could again fall into the trap of false economies by opening up too soon.
14% of Australians aged 18-49 are unwilling to get vaccinated, and almost 15% are unsure.
The legal decision that national cabinet is not a cabinet means how the body operates, and the decisions it makes, cannot be protected by cabinet confidentiality.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon.
The Morrison government has been dealt a blow with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ruling national cabinet is not a committee of federal cabinet and therefore is not covered by cabinet confidentiality.
Coordinate, motivate, deliver. That’s only the start of the jargon in Australia’s plan to vaccinate the nation.
a four-stage plan and $300 to get vaccinated.
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
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