Australia's excess mortality inquiry suppresses majority of submissions, omitting key evidence from record

Two thirds of submissions made to the Australian Senate's Excess Mortality Inquiry have been suppressed and key evidence omitted from its concluding report, calling the inquiry's integrity and findings into question.

The world-first inquiry set out to investigate why record-high numbers of Australians have died in recent years, including non-Covid deaths, at levels not seen since World War II.

On Friday, the Excess Mortality Inquiry committee handed down its report, concluding that Covid is the "key driver" of Australian excess mortality, both "directly and indirectly".

However, it has come to light that the committee buried the majority of submissions made to the inquiry, acknowledging only 59 (31.5%) of 187 submissions received on the public inquiry page.

A review of several withheld submissions and evidence submitted during the inquiry's public hearing reveals that key evidence raised in the inquiry process has been entirely omitted from the committee's report....<<<Read More>>>...