The constitution and the COVID-19 crisis - ABC RN Podcast ‘Big Ideas’ with Paul Barclay (9 July 2020)
The constitution and the COVID-19 crisis
To mark Constitution Day on July 9, Paul Barclay talks to a panel of experts about the COVID-19 pandemic and the constitution. How have state and federal relationships (the Federation) equipped the nation to address this ongoing public health, and economic, crisis? What historic precedents are there for this pandemic in Australia? How effectively have we limited the spread of the virus into Indigenous communities? Presented in conjunction in with the National Archives of Australia.
Speakers
Dr Paul Sendziuk - Head of the Department of History at the University of Adelaide
Pat Turner - CEO of NACCHO, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Professor Kim Rubenstein - Co-Director, Academic, the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, University of Canberra