22 June

The federal government has almost no role in management of a pandemic at all. The States do pretty much everything and have most of the authority, under constitutional law. The reason ScoMo wanted a National Cabinet was to get a seat at the table. He's mostly an observer. The feds' contribution to date has been largely to keep forcing the 'economy' into the conversation. That push will continually get in the way of public health measures managed by the States, as we've seen with debates about schools and border closures.