CV and mad panic behaviour

[Baggers]

Its a Mickey Mouse investigation, see extract from HS article

The Herald Sun understands that hearings will be held in public, and that ministers, departmental staff and ­security guards involved will be called to testify.

But unlike a royal commission, witnesses can refuse to answer questions for fear of self-incrimination.

The inquiry also will not have the power to issue search warrants or seize documents, like that of a royal commission.

Questions have also been raised about the inquiry, to be headed by former judge Jennifer Coate, being hindered by its terms of reference.

Under those, the decisions and communications between government agencies, hotel operators and private contractors are set to be probed.

However specific decisions of a policy nature — as ­opposed to its implementation by an agency — may be ­beyond the scope.

Leader of the Opposition in the upper house, David Davis, described the inquiry as a “whitewash designed to shield the Premier and his key ministers from scrutiny”.

“The inquiry is clearly designed to direct the questions to agencies and shield ministers; it’s a cover-up,” Mr Davis said.

Hopefully the frames of reference will change. I heard the former judge being interviewed on the radiola on Friday insisting that the powers of the investigation be broadened. Hopefully she is successful.