Pressure has started to mount on the federal government following a string of scandals involving senior public officials. Labor and crossbench senators used Senate hearings this week to forensically examine government departments, bureaucrats and ministers. Today, Paul Bongiorno on the government’s attempts to use Covid-19 to deflect criticism.




Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.




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Pressure has started to mount on the federal government following a string of scandals involving senior public officials. Labor and crossbench senators used Senate hearings this week to forensically examine government departments, bureaucrats and ministers. Today, Paul Bongiorno on the government’s attempts to use Covid-19 to deflect criticism. Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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Pressure has started to mount on the federal government following a string of scandals involving senior public officials. Labor and crossbench senators used Senate hearings this week to forensically examine government departments, bureaucrats and minis...

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