The Great Debate

Our annual Great Debate saw six fearless clinicians and system leaders taking the stage to definitively answer one question—did COVID-19 provide the ‘re-set’ our health system has been crying out for?

The Affirmative Team of Dr Helen Brown, Ms Liz Crowe and Prof Lisa Nissen valiantly argued the merits of disruption innovation and how the chaos of the pandemic forced us to think and do things differently.

But ultimately it was the Negative Team that came out victorious with Prof Keith McNeil, Ms Melissa Fox and Dr Tanya Kelly, with Professor McNeil likening his definitive closing arguments to shotting shooting Lassie.