Opinion

A royal commission into COVID's handling would serve us well for the future

Michelle Grattan
January 29 2022 - 5:25am
Albanese should bite the bullet and commit Labor to a royal commission into Australia's COVID response. Picture: Keegan Carroll
Albanese should bite the bullet and commit Labor to a royal commission into Australia's COVID response. Picture: Keegan Carroll

This month, about as many people have died with COVID in Australia - more than 1000 - as usually die in the whole of a bad year from influenza.

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Michelle Grattan

Michelle Grattan is a press gallery journalist and former editor of The Canberra Times. She is a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra and writes for The Conversation, where her columns also appear.