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Last year, an inquiry recommended a Royal Commission into the government's COVID-19 response after hearing testimony from highly qualified witnesses. The government responded by stating it does not support a Royal Commission, working with State Governments on an inquiry, the proposed terms of reference, or further public involvement.
Instead, the government will continue with its own inquiry comprising bureaucrats and a university academic closely involved in the COVID response. The speaker suggests this is a cover-up and questions if pharmaceutical industry donations to the Labor Party influenced this decision.
The speaker lists donations from pharmaceutical companies to the Australian Labor Party in 2022-2023, totaling almost $1,000,000. Donations include AbbVie Pharmaceuticals ($14,000), Alexion Pharmaceuticals ($33,000), Amgen Biopharmaceuticals ($27,500), Aspen Medical ($83,000), AstraZeneca ($33,000), Bayer ($33,000), Bristol Myers ($52,000), H. A. Technical Pharmaceuticals ($54,000), Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals ($36,000), Merck Sharp Dome ($66,000), Novartis ($33,000), Pfizer ($25,000), Roche ($66,000), Sanofi Aventis ($42,000), Pharmacy Guild of Australia ($154,000), Medicines Australia ($112,000), and Bunnings owners Wesfarmers ($110,000). The speaker states that 1 Nation received no donations from these industries because it is "not for sale."