The chief health officer who advised Australia’s most severe and bitterly contested COVID-19 response leaves Victoria’s health system better placed to confront the next pandemic.
The outgoing chief health officer conceded there were things he would change about the way the response unfolded,as he announced he was stepping down.
Victoria’s chief health officer announced his resignation on Friday. We revisit five key moments in his career,from axing the Grand Prix to becoming a TikTok phenom.
A former assistant to Brett Sutton is suing the state health department in the Federal Court over claims it threatened to terminate her employment.
Victoria’s health minister didn’t speak to the state’s chief public health official ahead of Friday’s major decision by Australia’s political leaders to scrap mandatory COVID-19 isolation.
The decision to dump the mask mandate on public transport ahead of AFL grand final weekend brought Victoria into line with other states.
Australia should learn from Asia,where it is more socially accepted and common for people to wear face coverings when they were sick,Victoria’s chief health officer has said.
The winter wave of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 thankfully seems to be subsiding but the polarised debate over how to manage the pandemic is still going strong.
Victoria’s chief health officer has warned against ending mandatory COVID-19 isolation,but NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet wants it abolished.
Australia’s early COVID-19 response was panicked and confused. We know what works:let’s not make the same mistakes again.
Victoria’s chief health officer says improvements to indoor ventilation can have a lasting impact on the spread of COVID-19,and the lingering impacts of the infectious disease.