When is a COVID inquiry not a COVID inquiry?
Mr Albanese said on Thursday that he wanted a “process of learning from the pandemic is constructive, rather than destructive”.
The Government's examination into the Federal response to one of the most significant events of our lifetimes just doesn't cut it, writes Caleb Bond. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gary RamageNor Western Australia’s strict and long-lasting border closures? When the exemption was finally granted, he had to hire a private plane to fly him to Melbourne. His mother died while he was in the air.A surprising chorus of voices have slammed the narrow terms of reference for the inquiry.
Australian Medical Association president Steve Robson called it “half an inquiry” and said the lack of involvement from the states would “hobble” it.“The terms focus on the direct health and economic impacts – human rights is the missing part of that,” Ms Finlay said.
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