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EPISODE · Aug 3, 2026 · 26 MIN

Turn off the Tap: How Canberra Bankrolled the Covid Response

from The Cheryl Lacey Show · host Cheryl Lacey

Why did state premiers have more power than the Prime Minister during COVID? Gary Johns has an answer: follow the money. In this interview, the author of Public Health: An Unhealthy Conceit explains how Commonwealth funding of state hospitals and schools became the quiet mechanism behind Australia's lockdowns. And more...Support the show

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