According to the Australian government, the forthcoming World Health Organization’s pandemic Instrument does not override Australia’s national sovereignty. According to Senator Ralph Babet: “Australia would retain our powers to make decisions on our own borders and on our own public health and social measures, so I think that should give people the assurance that it's Australia and Australia's response that will guide future planning and future responses to disease outbreaks.”
The argument by Babet parallels the one presently being made by the Prime Minister to push the voice through, that the changes to the constitution are only cosmetic, tht there is nothing to see here. But, as with the pandemic treaty, if the treaty has no teeth, it would not be asking for nations to make WHO to be identified as the central coordination authority for future international health responses. So, I for one, am sceptical.
