Episode 12

This week we're delivering a double dose of humour with episodes 11 and 12 of "Please Explain" by bringing you an Australia Day special followed by a quick dip into pork barrelling... Senator Pauline Hanson calls for a pandemic Royal Commission... We tune into TNT Radio with Senator Malcolm Roberts... Mark Latham gives us his views on the outgoing Australian of the Year... Stephen Andrew discusses the future of Central Bank Digital Currencies... South Australia's One Nation is in the news... And finally, it's time the Billion Dollar 'Green' Wash hypocrisy is exposed.

Pauline Hanson:
I strongly believe we need a broad Royal Commission to investigate the management of the COVID-19 pandemic by Australian governments—both state and federal. Whichever party forms government after this year’s Federal election must establish a broad Royal Commission. It's absolutely critical that there is an honest and thorough examination of how Federal, state and territory governments managed the pandemic.

Only a Royal Commission is likely to have the power necessary to compel the disclosure of the 'expert health advice' Australian governments relied on to justify and implement pandemic measures—much of this advice has been hidden from the Australian people. We require the transparency that the inquiry of a Royal Commission can offer the Australian people.

This pandemic, and governments’ attempts to manage it, has affected every Australian in some way. People have died. The economy was shut down. Schools were shut down. Entire cities were effectively shut down. Borders were closed. Vast quantities of taxpayers’ money have been expended. Military personnel have been deployed. Thousands of people have lost their job. Businesses have closed, in many cases permanently. Individual rights and freedoms have been curtailed or discarded. Unelected bureaucrats have wielded extraordinary power.

As I have said though, this would not be an exercise in laying blame or finding scapegoats. It is a way to learn which pandemic measures worked and which didn’t so we are much better prepared for the next pandemic. I believe the Australian people deserve a comprehensive account of the decisions made by their governments to manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
I believe it is time for a Royal Commission into COVID.