Pandemic Scott wants to shapeshift into Post Pandemic Personal Responsibility Scott | Katharine Murphy

But while Morrison lectures Australians about personal responsibility he's opting out of his duty, as leader, to back health advisers on mask mandates

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At one level, it feels pedantic, three days before Christmas, to be debating the difference between a formal mask mandate and a strong recommendation to wear a mask.

But this distinction is important when public health risks are real, and governments of Australia have spent much of this pandemic congratulating themselves for listening to experts and following the health advice.