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Peter Dutton with Michael de Percy in Goulburn, 22 January 2025. |
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is a horse that’s been flogged to death. Then it’s been turned over and flogged again. Twice. Now it is time for Mr Dutton to put down the whip and step away.
The WHO’s situation is a result of the United Nations system being exhausted. Like the League of Nations before it, the UN has lost its way. Whereas the League was unable to stand up to Mussolini and Hitler, dictators and other anti-democratic leaders have managed to white-ant the UN from the inside.
Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:
As the US changes its international alliances, so too must Australia consider what it spends money on. The World Health Organisation was never considered a good deal for Australia and now it looks like an outright liability. With the loss of US funding, how long before the WHO comes digging around in our Treasury? Michael de Percy argues that it’s time for Dutton to step away from the WHO.
Days later, my article was still trending, and Terry Barnes had this to say in the Morning Doiuble SHot newsletter:
His piece has been running for a few days now, but it deserves widespread reading. Michael de Percy is delighted that Donald Trump is taking the United States out of the World Health Organisation, and wants Peter Dutton to do the same with Australia. Let’s face it, the WHO was in cahoots with China in refusing to sheet home Covid-19 to its place of origin – Wuhan – and was Xi Jinping’s willing beard when it came to dodging any international attempt to inquire into the origins of the virus. There’s little point trying to reform it, so defund WHO and walk away from it, as de Percy suggests.
My latest in The Spectator Australia, The WHO is finished: step away, Mr Dutton!
The World Health Organisation is dead, Mr Dutton, it's time to take Australia away from its hold...
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