The COVID-19 pandemic is a completely new situation in which the coalition has very few familiar guidelines to shape our response. We are in unchartered waters. In this novel situation, we look to history to help guide our thinking about the Government's health and economic response and recovery strategies. US President Franklin Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression is one lesson to draw from. He had no playbook for his response and nor do we. We've had to learn as we go, always with the health of our most vulnerable people foremost in our mind.