Australia's national Covid-19 commission, gas pipelines and a troubling lack of transparency

The national Covid-19 commission was created to help steer the government through economic and social recovery from the pandemic. However, an interim report recommending large-scale investment in gas has raised alarm among energy and climate experts. Christopher Knaus explores what we know about the commission and concerns that key information is being withheld from the public

You can also read Christopher's reporting on warnings that Australia's Covid commission risks subversion' of democracy, and how the Australian PM's department has refused to release Covid-19 commission documents. Plus Katharine Murphy has written about the commission downplaying green recovery' and confirming a gas push in recent senate hearings.