Sky News host Nicholas Reece says he would be “very wary” about states handing the responsibility of coronavirus quarantine over to Canberra.
“We need to remember that Australia has done very well, yesterday there were around 450,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the world, and zero of those were here in Australia,” Mr Reece said.
“That does not mean we cannot do better, and it does not mean that improvements cannot be made.
“Should the Commonwealth government take over the COVID quarantining operations? I, for one, would say that I think we should be very, very wary of handing this responsibility over to Canberra.
“The Canberra politicians would love nothing more than getting some new responsibilities and more power… the federal government has a very poor track record of delivering services or anything on the ground.”
Nicholas Reece | The Sydney Morning Herald
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Nicholas Reece is a principal fellow at the University of Melbourne and a councillor at the City of Melbourne.
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Former Nine finance expert Ross Greenwood has joined SKY News as Business Editor.
With more than 40 years’ experience, he will anchor
Business Weekend, and contribute analysis across SKY News programs.
Joining him will be The Australian’s Economics Editor Adam Creighton, who will shortly take up a new post as Washington Correspondent.
Paul Whittaker, Chief Executive Officer, SKY News Australia said: “We warmly welcome Ross to SKY News Australia. With decades of experience reporting on business and finance news, Ross will provide our viewers with comprehensive coverage. As the nation starts the recovery process from the global pandemic, expert analysis and finance insights have never been more important”.
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