"I know this term is bandied around a lot and I hate using it – but we are in extraordinary times, and what makes this particularly extraordinary is that we’ve securitised health, so we’ve taken a security response to what is essentially a health issue."
Read More"I am not prepared to accept that the death of even one person is a necessary death in this. I think that we should be all working towards a COVID-free future, and one where every person, every life, is valued."
Read More"A hard border in WA, following the health advice, has kept West Australians safe. We watch what's going on in Victoria and New South Wales and we feel so bad for those states, but here in WA our economy is on the road to recovery."
Read More"To face the security challenges of the future, Australia will need higher defence capabilities. But it is vital that those capabilities are responsive to threats we’ll see in the 21st century."
Read More"I do think that we've kind of missed the ball here. We need to be looking at human behaviour and particularly human behaviour when it comes to health messaging and I think this crisis has really shed a light on that."
Read More"I want to see WA to continue doing what's right for WA, and there's no doubt that the Premier Mark McGowan has done a stellar job so far and has the backing of West Australians."
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