Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis

Australia’s federal system handled the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 remarkably well — lauded, indeed, for the unusually cooperative manner in which it functioned (e.g., Saunders 2020; Williams 2020). This was reflected in public opinion, with Australians giving their governments full marks (PRC...

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Main Author: Fenna, Alan
Other Authors: Chattopadhyay, Rupak
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Routledge 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86372
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description Australia’s federal system handled the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 remarkably well — lauded, indeed, for the unusually cooperative manner in which it functioned (e.g., Saunders 2020; Williams 2020). This was reflected in public opinion, with Australians giving their governments full marks (PRC 2020). There was certainly some friction between the Commonwealth and the States, manifestations of the inevitable tension between the necessity and the cost of prophylactic measures; however, it proved of little detriment.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-863722021-12-09T06:50:55Z Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis Fenna, Alan Chattopadhyay, Rupak Knüpling, Felix Chebenova, Diana Whittington, Liam Gonzalez, Phillip 4407 - Policy and administration 4408 - Political science Australia’s federal system handled the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2020 remarkably well — lauded, indeed, for the unusually cooperative manner in which it functioned (e.g., Saunders 2020; Williams 2020). This was reflected in public opinion, with Australians giving their governments full marks (PRC 2020). There was certainly some friction between the Commonwealth and the States, manifestations of the inevitable tension between the necessity and the cost of prophylactic measures; however, it proved of little detriment. 2021 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86372 10.4324/9781003251217-3 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle 4407 - Policy and administration
4408 - Political science
Fenna, Alan
Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis
title Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis
title_fullStr Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis
title_short Australian Federalism and the COVID-19 Crisis
title_sort australian federalism and the covid-19 crisis
topic 4407 - Policy and administration
4408 - Political science
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86372