Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I haven't seen the data to which the senator is referring, so I think it is appropriate that I don't immediately accept those statistics. I think there will be, over time, a lot of research and assessment done about our response to COVID-19 and some of the other consequences of the fact that our health system had to respond to a global pandemic, and therefore other services were either wound down or didn't operate, or people chose not to seek assistance during the pandemic.

I have no doubt that there will be plenty of academics and researchers who are interested in assessing that and then making recommendations about what should happen when the next global pandemic hits this country or all countries. I'm sure that will be done. (Time expired)