In Howard’s day, the committee was made up of only health professionals. Howard and his health minister, Michael Wooldridge , forced the committee to include pharmaceutical industry people.
I didn’t know that. I’ll check it out. All I think of when I see the names of Howard and Wooldridge is the RC into the results of their Aged Care disaster. Remember the heading, Neglect! Elderly people as commodities. Appalling.
The US tariffs imposition has no logical justification, f.ex.: The U.S. goods 2024 trade surplus with Australia was $17.9bn. Tariff restrictions on competition willn't help the US with import substitution - is no labor force reserve: practically (4%) none unemployment & limited labor immigration!
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A lot of those subsidies would not have been required if @australianlabor.bsky.social didn't privatise the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories
You also privatized the Commonwealth Bank, Qantas, the Moomba to Sydney Gas Pipeline, etc.
A vote for the Red team & the Blue team would be INSANE