Today, Richard Denniss, chief economist at The Australia Institute, will be reading his cover story from the latest edition of The Monthly.


It's called 'The needle and the damage done', and in it, he argues that the federal government’s handling of the pandemic has been the worst public policy failure in Australian history. 


Guest: Richard Denniss, chief economist at The Australia Institute.


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Today, Richard Denniss, chief economist at The Australia Institute, will be reading his cover story from the latest edition of The Monthly. It's called 'The needle and the damage done', and in it, he argues that the federal government’s handling of the pandemic has been the worst public policy failure in Australian history.  Guest: Richard Denniss, chief economist at The Australia Institute. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Listen to Australia's best writers and thinkers read out longform essays from The Monthly magazine, the country's leading publication on politics, current affairs and culture.

Listen to Australia's best writers and thinkers read out longform essays from The Monthly magazine, the country&apos;s leading publication on politics, current affairs and culture.

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Today, Richard Denniss, chief economist at The Australia Institute, will be reading his cover story from the latest edition of The Monthly.It's called 'The needle and the damage done', and in it, he argues that the federal government’...