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The appointment of a senior army officer to the head of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program was straight out of the Operation Sovereign Borders playbook.
Announcing the appointment on June 4, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Operation Sovereign Borders brought in a new organisational structure, overarching other government departments, to work on “a very big problem”.
COVID is an adversary that gets a vote in our plans, Lieutenant General John Frewen said.
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“It worked on that occasion and I think moving that footing now will further improve how we’re working in the vaccination program,” the Prime Minister said.
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