‘That’s a billion-dollar-a-week decision. Are you sure?’

Professor Allen Cheng reflects on his advice to put Melbourne into hard lockdown last year
Professor Allen Cheng
Professor Allen Cheng.

Professor Allen Cheng admits he agonised over what has been dubbed the billion-dollar-a-week decision: the decision to put Melbourne under strict lockdown last year.

But he says he only wishes he’d called it sooner.