The politics of post-Covid: ending lockdowns and opening borders has leaders divided

Harley Dennett
August 28 2021 - 5:00am
Scott Morrison is betting that it's he who has his finger on the pulse of the nation - not the more reluctant premiers. Picture: Getty Images
Scott Morrison is betting that it's he who has his finger on the pulse of the nation - not the more reluctant premiers. Picture: Getty Images

Two months after the announcement of Australia's national reopening plan, the strategy behind it appears to have descended entirely into politics, rather than the purest distillation of medical advice and the best modelling.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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