Opinion

Is it time we pivoted to an elimination strategy?

Michelle Grattan
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:02am, first published July 11 2020 - 4:30am
The Victorian situation has reignited the issue of whether Australia should pursue an elimination strategy, rather than a suppression one. Picture: Shutterstock
The Victorian situation has reignited the issue of whether Australia should pursue an elimination strategy, rather than a suppression one. Picture: Shutterstock

Scott Morrison summoned his self-restraint and resisted temptation. Invited on Thursday to attack the Victorian government over its disastrous decision to use private security guards to monitor people in hotel quarantine, the Prime Minister was careful.

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Michelle Grattan

Michelle Grattan is a press gallery journalist and former editor of The Canberra Times. She is a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra and writes for The Conversation, where her columns also appear.

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