The prime minister argues an inquiry that looks at the pandemic responses of both levels of government would be too unwieldy.
into the nation’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it was up to each jurisdiction whether they wanted to review their respective actions.
“What it won’t do is look at decisions that are solely the decision of state governments. State governments, of course, can have inquiries and can examine their own actions as well. In the aftermath of the announcement, ministers scrambled to argue the panel could look at these issues if it so wished. While most pandemic-era premiers, including Mr Andrews, have said they would be happy to help, the panel has no legal expertise or coercive powers to demand documents or compel people to appear.
Last week, the philanthropic private funders of the only comprehensive inquiry so far into the pandemic implored the federal government’s three-member panel to at least consider the findings of the report, entitled, which included that there should have been fewer lockdowns and border closures, and that schools should never have been closed.
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