Opinion

Oversight is essential in the fast-moving crisis that is COVID-19

Ebony Bennett
Updated July 2 2021 - 2:01am, first published April 4 2020 - 4:30am
The Prime Minister has changed his tune when it comes to spending public money based on need. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
The Prime Minister has changed his tune when it comes to spending public money based on need. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. State and federal governments are exercising broad new powers and deploying eye-popping public spending to manage the COVID-19 health and economic crises. But government transparency and parliamentary accountability will be crucial to preserving one all-important commodity: trust.

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Ebony Bennett

Ebony Bennett

Canberra Times columnist

Ebony Bennett is deputy director for The Australia Institute and a former Greens media advisor and a regular columnist for The Canberra Times.

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