‘People deserve to have stories told’: Human rights chief urges wider COVID review

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Lawyers who have spent years trying to overturn unlawful fines issued during the pandemic also said the federal government had taken a “nothing to see here” approach.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declined to take a question on the COVID inquiry when he held a brief press conference about the Voice in Sydney on Sunday – and his office removed the exchange from its official transcript of the event.

“No, we’re doing this, mate,” Albanese replied. This exchange was not included in the official transcript of the press conference.Finlay said Albanese had correctly asserted that the pandemic was the most significant crisis Australians had faced in decades. “The enforcement of public health measures was done at state government levels. Those key decisions may be entirely outside the scope of this inquiry, and they had a really significant impact on people’s lives.

Lawyer Tamar Hopkins – who researched Victoria’s COVID fines and found that African and Middle Eastern people werethan their proportion in the population – said policing should be central to an inquiry’s focus.

 

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