'At best lazy and at worst a deliberate abuse': Govt accused of hiding COVID information

Sally Whyte
Updated February 26 2021 - 7:49am, first published 4:30am
Labor senator and committee co-chair Katy Gallagher says a report into the government's use of public interest immunity claims should "never have been needed to be written". Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Labor senator and committee co-chair Katy Gallagher says a report into the government's use of public interest immunity claims should "never have been needed to be written". Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The Senate committee investigating the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has slammed the government for refusing to release key information, such as when the chief medical officer first briefed cabinet on the emerging virus.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.