Australia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be looked into during a year-long inquiry.
It will look into state and federal responses to the pandemic.
The year-long inquiry, which will not be a royal commission, will be headed by medical and economic experts to examine a range of factors, from Australia's vaccination preparedness to its support for citizens trapped overseas. "It was a time where Australians joined together; they made sacrifices to help each other, they sacrificed some of the normal activity that would go on. It was a very disruptive period in our lives, but we got through it."
Australia managed to keep COVID-19 infections low using strict lockdowns and social distancing requirements in some areas, before a case surge in late 2021 driven by the highly infectious Omicron strain.
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