Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston says Australia’s states and territories need to answer the questions around whether the power they wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic was in the best interest of Australians. Ms Ruston’s comments come after the Albanese government announced an inquiry into the pandemic handling. The Shadow Health Minister joined Sky News Australia to discuss the government’s announcement. “The decisions that are made of states actually impact across the whole of the nation – many decisions that were made by one state had consequential impacts on other states in the whole nation,” Ms Ruston told Sky News Australia. “You can’t shy away from that, and we need to understand what that is.”
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Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston says Australia’s states and territories need to answer the questions around whether the power they wielded during the COVID-19 pandemic was in the best interest of Australians. Ms Ruston’s comments come after the Albanese government announced an inquiry into the pandemic handling.“The decisions that are made of states actually impact across the whole of the nation – many decisions that were made by one state had consequential impacts on other states in the whole nation,” Ms Ruston told Sky News Australia.
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