Coronavirus has panicked Western leaders — not all, but most — into behaving irrationally and dishonestly. Australia, so lightly touched by the pandemic, has been especially poorly served by a panicked political class, an incompetent bureaucracy and a useless media.
The panic launched by the pandemic has generated a visible deterioration of not just the quality of thought among politicians and bureaucrats, but a tangible shift to dishonesty about — and manipulation of — the pandemic. Statistics have perverted the facts and the politics of managing the virus, ridiculous modelling has enabled senior bureaucrats to pervert proper processes: hotel quarantine in Victoria, the Ruby Princess debacle in New South Wales, excessive border closures and lockdowns...
Already a subscriber? Log in
Get 10 issues
for $10
Subscribe to The Spectator Australia today for the next 10 magazine issues, plus full online access, for just $10.
- Delivery of the weekly magazine
- Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
- Spectator podcasts and newsletters
- Full access to spectator.co.uk
Comments
Don't miss out
Join the conversation with other Spectator Australia readers. Subscribe to leave a comment.
SUBSCRIBEAlready a subscriber? Log in