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The Covid cash splash

Dear government, please stop wasting our money

2 July 2024

1:30 AM

2 July 2024

1:30 AM

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity attributed to Einstein. This quote returned to me on Budget night as the government unveiled its Covid-related spending for the year ahead.

As we head into what feels like the hundredth wave of Covid, Australians are encouraged, once again, to roll up their sleeve and get their booster because ‘it’s our best protection’ against infection and serious disease.

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