Inside story: how COVID-19 shut down Tasmania’s parliament - and whether it should have

An examination of public and private conversations held during that pivotal week and since shows parliamentarians agreed to suspend their oversight role without first securing alternative arrangements.

Karl Mathiesen

is a Tasmanian journalist. He is usually based in London, where he has been editor-in-chief of Climate Home News, a Guardian environment journalist and freelance writer. In Australia, he has reported on refugees, politics and the environment for all major print publishers.