{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e8e80fb8506b8de1259efe3/5fdfebbbb1ad973ba63fd4f3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"2020 Retrospective | The Dynamic Duo - with Professor Brendan Murphy and Caroline Edwards","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e8e80fb8506b8de1259efe3/1608509802944-06cb868346b913a7338c848640727b99.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week we begin the 2020 Retrospective Series of Work with Purpose. Over the coming weeks, we will be uploading some of the podcast highlights from 2020.</p><p><br></p><p>In this week’s episode of Work with Purpose, we re-play contentgroup CEO David Pembroke’s June interview with Professor Brendan Murphy and Caroline Edwards. He loves Italy, her mother was born in Spain. He is learning to sing; she grew up with a father who was totally blind.</p><p><br></p><p>In this remarkable interview, Work with Purpose speaks to the people and the partnership that subdued the COVID-19 health crisis in Australia.&nbsp;Both Brendan and Caroline were instrumental in crafting Australia’s medical response to COVID-19. With the pandemic still going today, their perspective is just as insightful today as it was in June.</p><p><br></p><p>Brendan Murphy recounts the heartache of closing Australia’s borders and many businesses. Caroline Edwards tells of the late-night WhatsApp conversations with her family in Spain as the virus tore through that European country up ending their way of life.</p><p><br></p><p>In this powerful and personal episode of Work with Purpose, you are left reassured that Australia’s “Team Health’, a team of thousands of hard working, intelligent public servants pulled together to get it done when it mattered most.</p><p><br></p><p>Discussed in this episode:</p><ul><li>Professor Murphy’s love for languages.</li><li>When the Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy first heard of COVID-19.</li><li>The COVID-19 protection processes.</li><li>Suspending “normal” department rules and processes.</li><li>Professor Brendan Murphy dealing with newfound fame.</li><li>Partnerships between government departments to support Australians.</li></ul>","author_name":"contentgroup"}