A Labor-led Senate committee has been established to put the federal government's coronavirus response under the microscope.
Overall, the committee includes three Labor senators, two coalition senators, one Greens senator, and independent Jacqui Lambie.
Labor's preference was for a scaled-down parliament to meet regularly during the pandemic, but the government moved to suspend sittings. The Australia Institute think tank has released a poll showing two-thirds of people support having a parliamentary committee looking into Australia's coronavirus response.Coronavirus: Australians told not to avoid GPs as government looks to release 11 million new face masksPeople in Australia must stay at least 1.5 metres away from others and gatherings are limited to two people unless you are with your family or household.
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