Based with Senator Alex Antic

#14 Ramesh Thakur - COVID In Review

Based with Senator Alex Antic

Show Notes

Ramesh Thakur is Emeritus Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy and the Australian National University, as well as a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Over the past few years, he has become well known for his conservative political commentary on Sky News Australia and his articles for The Spectator Australia, notably criticising vaccine mandates and the Voice to parliament.

On this episode of BASED, Senator Antic and Professor Thakur discuss the impact of pandemic restrictions and policies on public health and democracy, and the shift towards global public health decision making.

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