Ep 435 - Critical COVID Lessons - What We MUST Do Better If There's a "Next Time"

[Ad] Support our show and yourself by supporting our two great sponsors! Go to to get 83% off Private Internet Access with 4 months free! AND D-I-Y Your Patio, Carport, Deck, Pergola and more with SmartKits at smartkits.com.au This week on THE OTHER SIDE... (Ep 435 w/c Fri 21 November 2025) -- An Australian Government Inquiry pointed out many of the worst mistakes of Covid management by our state and federal governments. But have we learned our lessons and would we do things differently next time? Damian is joined by Professor Gigi Foster of UNSW School of Economics and Prof James Allan from the university of Qld Law School - neither of whom think our governments have really properly admitted their fault, and learned from their mistakes. -- Australia's two biggest states now have new state opposition leaders after a week of drama and turmoil for Australia's most embattled political party - the Liberals. Both new leaders are women from the progressive "moderate" side of the party and both hold inner-city seats in wealthy suburbs. Has the party really learned its lessons from its recent disastrous national polling? -- Australia's eSafety Commissioner has been asked to appear before a US Congressional Committee concerned she has become a zealot and threat to American free speech. Julie Inman Grant is a dual US-Australian citizen. Can she be compelled to appear? -- Big economic warnings from one of Australia's top bankers: we have too much red tape and we should be an energy superpower. -- And the future of The Other Side - why we probably won't be back in 2026. Support us by joining THE EXCLUSIVE SIDE at

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Ep 435 - Critical COVID Lessons - What We MUST Do Better If There's a "Next Time" is an episode from THE OTHER SIDE AUSTRALIA by Damian Coory.

This episode is 67:12 long.

This episode was published on Nov 21, 2025.

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