Live-stream: Kevin Rudd on Australia’s Post-Pandemic Future

What are the origins of COVID-19? How could the pandemic’s spread have been better contained? 

These are fraught and complex questions. Finding the right forum to ask them is a diplomatic minefield. How will Australia's call for a World Health Assembly investigation affect our relationship with China and other major global players? Is a truly independent and transparent investigation possible? 

Kevin Rudd will join Sally Warhaft for a live-streamed Fifth Estate discussion of these questions and more. As president of the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York, a former Australian diplomat in China, and, of course, our former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Rudd will share his experience leading Australia through its last economic crisis, his insights into how the pandemic is likely to alter international relations, and his thoughts on how Australia can continue to manage the far-reaching economic and political impacts of COVID-19.

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