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The tyranny of medical experts

The PM needs to listen to other voices. And quickly

18 April 2020

9:00 AM

18 April 2020

9:00 AM

Our prime minister continues to outsource key decisions about how to address the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic to his trusted inner sanctum of medical experts. To defy his Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy and the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee would be both career and electoral suicide.

Morrison is in a tight spot.

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