Premier Andrews of Victoria announced last week a “judicial inquiry” into the hotel quarantine program which has apparently caused the latest outbreak of the COVID 19 resulting in the lockdown of the Melbourne metropolitan area and further damage to the national economy.
There are several problems with his announcement.
First, there is no such thing in Westminster democracies like Australia, which still includes Victoria, as a “judicial inquiry.”
Public inquiries whether they are royal commissions, special commissions of inquiry, boards of inquiry or any other inquiry are arms of executive government.
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