This is a short post for Australian readers to ask you to co-sign a document that is to be submitted to parliament next week. It is a Terms of Reference for a Royal Commission into the COVID response in Australia.
The government has already agreed to a COVID inquiry which will be a waste of time as it is a political deflection from the real issues. A formal Royal Commission would have broader scope and more ability to get the information required. An agreed Terms of Reference is a step further in achieving it. The deadline is next Friday 12th January 2023.
The web form for signing is hosted on the Australian Medical Professionals’ Society (AMPS) website and found through a link on this page. The full web address is:
https://amps.redunion.com.au/proposed-terms-of-reference-for-the-covid-19-royal-commission
There is a red button on the page titled “Become a Signatory” which will take you to a form to fill in with name, email address and phone number. It doesn’t matter what educational background, titles, you have, as Australians your acknowledgement of the document is important. It’s important that these are all valid otherwise if a check is done and there are too many invalid details it could negate the impact. It is hosted by AMPS so you can be sure that the details will not be passed any further other than to the parliamentary committee.
The actual document for you to review is linked on the page. It will be updated with the number of people who cosign just prior to submission.
The document will be submitted on 12th of January, that’s next Friday.
Further background
Overseas readers may also be interested, because a mammoth amount of work has gone into this document.
Australian and New Zealand lawyers Julian Gillespie, Peter Fam, and Katie Ashby-Koppens have been working with a group of Australian doctors and scientists for creating proposed Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission, to ensure the Commission is properly empowered and given clear instructions about what needs to be examined and investigated. Julian Gillespie has written about it in this post from a few days ago and recently updated.
thank you Andrew for your tireless support
.. readers should know there is only one mandatory information field for becomiung a Co-Signatory - your Full Name - the rest is optional
.. this is not an info gathering exercise, but an exercise in gathering 1,000s upon 1,000s of Co-Signatories for sending a message to Canberra
.. no one accepts the way we were treated, and those who treated us and Australia so badly need to be asked Why, with no subject off limits because it may be politically unpalatable
.. this is no time for politics, particularly when we Australians paid for these folk to protect us, not to subject us
come one come all
thanks again Andrew!
https://amps.redunion.com.au/proposed-terms-of-reference-for-the-covid-19-royal-commission
Thank you. I will share to my tumblr and see if we can rustle up a few signatories.