Comments by "Bob Hawke" (@bobhawke7373) on "Australia's economy in a 'strong position' to 'bounce back'" video.

  1. The economy would have been stronger if we just shut borders in January and lost some uni and tourism dollars.
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  2. Outpost One-Oh-Five It would have worked out fine. I am not saying this in hindsight. Border closure was an obvious necessity in January.
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  3. Outpost One-Oh-Five You obviously haven’t seen how successfully some countries have minimised the spread by being proactive rather than reactive.
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  4. Outpost One-Oh-Five South Korea was brilliant. It could have been devastating that close to China but they implemented urgency, cooperation and technology to do much better than we would have in their situation. The government acted immediately and in the best interest of health and the population trusted that government and complied. ‘‘Twas a thing of beauty.
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