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Abbott in seiner Rede in London: "Shouldn’t we have started to ask whether the cure is proportionate to the disease?" Source: AAP

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sparked fresh controversy with a call in London to end the "COVID hysteria" in Australia. He questioned the amount of money spent to soften the economic consequences of lockdown measures, given the average age of COVID-19 victims.

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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sparked fresh controversy with a call in London to end the "COVID hysteria" in Australia. He questioned the amount of money spent to soften the economic consequences of lockdown measures, given the average age of COVID-19 victims.

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