Senate debates
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Statements by Senators
COVID-19: Mortality
1:59 pm
Alex Antic (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The Australian Bureau of Statistics no longer provides official estimates of the rates of excess mortality in our community but we know that they are alarmingly high, and we know that because they've been alarmingly high ever since the COVID period. In fact, since those figures were switched off in 2022, we've known that the excess mortality rate has been recorded at 11.7 per cent over the rate of normal mortality in this country. My question is: why is this issue still not being investigated?
Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Order! It being 2 pm, the time allotted for senators' statements has expired and we will move to questions without notice.