Today’s report is, broadly speaking, about the economic cost of the CCP virus for Australia including, for example, loss of trade in goods and loss of revenue from tourists. I would argue that the Chinese leadership has shown that it has no moral sensibility, no moral framework and this is why we see news stories that talk about Australia needing to partner with countries that share our “values and our standards”. It is why we see these potential partner countries characterized in terms of being “civilized”. Although no one will come out and say it, the idea of partnering with civilized countries that share our values implies that China is uncivilized and does not share our values. This is one of the many reasons why free, liberal, democratic societies need to reorient and rebuild their economies to the exclusion of China.