Bill
COVID-19 Response Commission of Inquiry Bill 2024
lapsed, as at 2024-08-22.
- Sponsor
- Canavan
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-06-25
- second reading — 2024-06-25
- second reading — 2024-08-22
- second reading — 2024-08-22
Divisions
- Covid-19 Response Commission of Inquiry Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2024-08-22, Senate: negative, ayes 10, noes 26
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-06-25.
The bill would create a commission of inquiry into Australia's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The commission would investigate federal, state and territory government responses and report to Parliament within 18 months.
The commission would have powers to summon witnesses, issue search warrants and arrest people who fail to appear.
- Establishes the Covid-19 Response Commission of Inquiry.
- Requires the commission to report to Parliament within 18 months, unless the Senate extends the period.
- Gives the commission powers to summon witnesses, issue search warrants and arrest non-attending witnesses.
The governments of the Commonwealth, States and Territories, and people who may be summoned as witnesses.
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