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Are experts the quiet revolutionaries in government?

By Norman Abjorensen
July 7 2020 - 12:30am
Leaders flanked by medical experts, such as former chief medical officer Brendan Murphy, have become a familiar sight. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Leaders flanked by medical experts, such as former chief medical officer Brendan Murphy, have become a familiar sight. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The familiar sight on television screens over the past few months of the prime minister and the state and territory leaders flanked by, and often deferring to, their senior health experts, suggests a comfortable, and wholly workable, relationship between those elected to govern and those with particular expertise to contribute.

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