From last year. When politicians talk about ‘independence’, like the RBA setting interest rates or the…

From last year. When politicians talk about ‘independence’, like the RBA setting interest rates or the Remuneration Tribunal setting politician pay, they mean something that: - benefits them - is deeply unpopular. So they fabricate an ‘independent’…/1 https://t.co/tTIRDtqLTl

…body to do it for them, and can say, hand-on-heart, that it’s nothing to do with them. This is how a Centre for Disease Control should work. The authority to make decisions completely independently of elected politicians. Decisions that can impact the whole society. /2

If they think maintaining an economy is more important than maintaining the health of the nation, let them come out and say it. And they did, it triggered that tsunami of nonsense about needing to ‘balance’ public health action against the economy. They never demand the…/3

…decisions of the RBA or the Remuneration Tribunal be balanced against other priorities. This is the way they can make what they see as unpopular public health action workable. Vest authority for it in an independent body. Remove it from the political domain completely. 4/4