Former health and aged care minister Greg Hunt says Australians ended 2021 having one of the highest “median net personal wealth of any country in the world” despite the COVID pandemic.
“As a nation, I think we should be immensely proud of what we achieved,” Mr Hunt told Sky News Australia.
“The thing that really marked Australia out was the outcomes, but also the fact that we held together as a nation.”
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