Australia’s COVID pandemic response is expected to come under review with the Albanese government to announce a three-member panel on Thursday.
Medical and economic specialists are set to level scrutiny at restrictions, health system difficulties, and billions of dollars in compensation.
Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie has criticised the government's decision not to hold a Royal Commission into the matter by labelling the inquiry a broken promise.
Labor has been accused of providing a protection racket for state premiers, allowing states and territories to escape interrogation of their actions during the pandemic.
An expert-panel inquiry does not meet the Royal Commission previously alluded to by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
