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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Coalition senators join growing calls for inquiry into Australia’s Covid response

Nationals Sam McMahon and Matt Canavan and Liberals Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Gerard Rennick and Alex Antic after voting for Pauline Hanson’s vaccine discrimination bill
Coalition senators Sam McMahon (left), Matt Canavan (centre) and Gerard Rennick (seated) have backed calls for an inquiry into Australia’s pandemic response. They were among the five Liberals and Nationals who crossed the floor on vaccine mandates. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Three Coalition senators have joined growing calls from the crossbench and Labor to hold a royal commission or similar inquiry into Australia’s Covid pandemic response.

Nationals Matt Canavan and Sam McMahon and Liberal Gerard Rennick – three of the five Coalition senators who crossed the floor to vote against vaccination mandates – have backed the idea, which also received in-principle support from the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese.

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