COVID
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The rules covering judicial bias are well known. When a judge has had prior dealings with one or more parties to proceedings, the obligation is to disclose all details and invite submissions on whether recusal is warranted. It is that requirement which is at the heart of the complaint against Justice Helen Rofe
June 4, 2024
17 mins
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It seems those who made the Covid decisions are concerned only that their actions will remain unscrutinised. As Yes, Minister advised, “only order an inquiry when you know the outcome”. The limited investigations now in play will ensure secrets stay undisclosed and self-fitted halos untarnished
May 13, 2024
15 mins
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Regardless of our home states, we should all be interested to know if senior public servants, who enjoyed immense and extraordinary powers during the pandemic, arrived at decisions with due care and professionalism. Queensland's Supreme Court has said that wasn't the case. Having endured especially severe restrictions and treatment, Victorians in particular are entitled to an explanation
March 9, 2024
5 mins
The latest
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Like the emergency workers who paid a heavy price for refusing to roll up their sleeves, my wife and I made that same choice and remain very glad we did. The recent news that Covid jabs are responsible for a six- to seven-times increase in the chance of contracting a serious heart condition endorses our scepticism, as does my own short-lived career as an apprentice pharmacist
March 5, 2024
6 mins
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In Britain, unlike Australia, a public inquiry has been charged with examining how the country reacted, and over-reacted, to the pandemic. One submission comes from a young woman who writes of the damage done, the liberties trampled and the trust destroyed. She relates her experience in London, but were you to substitute 'Yarra' for 'Thames' it could just as easily be Melbourne, where autocratic idiocy was even more virulent
July 1, 2023
8 mins
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How thoroughly was hydroxychloroquine's potential as a COVID treatment dismissed and its advocates derided? Well, consider this telling statistic: researchers who did not receive Big Pharma's grants and support found it was an effective treatment in 86% of cases. By contrast, sponsored researchers concluded that only 5% of patients had positive outcomes. Make no mistake, the fix was in
May 31, 2023
13 mins
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Like rough terrain in a rear-view mirror, the bumps and jolts of the COVID years are fading from memory and public debate. There are new crises and threats, from inflation to the Left's vituperative abuse for Voice opponents, but to lose sight of what was done in the name of public health is to allow those in whom we placed our trust to get away with their lies and bullying. Justice demands at the very least a royal commission
May 26, 2023
25 mins