Disease management
Report
Select Committee on COVID-19: second interim report - public interest immunity claims
This interim report informs the Senate about claims of public interest immunity received by the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 in the course of its examination of the Australian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy report
Coronavirus hotel quarantine: key questions for the government
The UK government is finalising arrangements for a partial hotel quarantine system to begin on 15 February 2021. This paper outlines those gaps and challenges, posing a series of questions the government must answer if it wants its quarantine system to be a success.
Report
Inquiry into the Victorian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Victorian government’s response have rapidly evolved over the course of this inquiry. This second inquiry report reflects the impact of the second wave of the pandemic, as well as the subsequent actions taken by the government to manage it up until the end of December 2020. It is based on...
Briefing paper
Coronavirus: no going back to normal
Life after coronavirus will not feel like life before. In this paper, the author argues that it is best that governments acknowledge that and start planning now in order to capture the best that can come out of a very tough period, while not raising expectations that life will suddenly snap back to an almost...
Report
Legislative leadership in the time of COVID-19
This report finds that safeguarding democracy and improving government responses to health emergencies requires us to strengthen legislatures. On this basis, it recommends that international donors, civil society groups and governments themselves should focus on five key areas of reform.