The health minister, Greg Hunt, has been interviewed on ABC Radio about the Victorian outbreak. He was careful to avoid saying whether the federal government is partly responsible for the lockdown, preferring formulations about how it’s responsible for saving lives and filibustering by repeatedly referring to international Covid-19 infection numbers. Eventually, he accepted that health was a joint responsibility.
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