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Albanese runs away from Covid Royal Commission promise

19 May 2023

6:30 AM

19 May 2023

6:30 AM

Evidence is mounting that our political class is baulking at the promised Covid Royal Commission. We keep hearing about the potential of future pandemics so surely it’s prudent to learn from the last time one was declared?

In 1824, the world’s first Royal Commission was conducted in Britain and was concerned with the quality of schools.

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