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Here at Strewth! we never miss a TV appearance by Liberal MP Andrew Laming. Monday’s jaunt didn’t disappoint. When asked about the Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy dropping his daily COVID-19 briefings down to three times a week, Laming told ABC’s Afternoon Briefing: “Well you know how much a politician loves getting in front of a camera. At the moment, whenever my street gets together just over here, they know about Nick (Coatsworth), Michael (Kidd), Paul (Kelly) … and my little kids are saying to me: ‘Just say what that Dr Brendan says.’ And I have others who say to me: ‘Who’s the Health Minister again?’ But they all know their CMO. So it’s been a real change here, and I’ve got photos of the deputy CMOs on the walls of my kids’ rooms. They put a helmet and a crown on top of each one as they do their press conferences. So, it’s a little bit disturbing how they’re absolutely running the show from a politician’s point of view, but I think the rest of the country is loving it.”