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Document reveals minister's early tensions with Covid Commission chair
Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden said she had confidence in the chair of the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 Response despite a briefing obtained by Newsroom suggesting significant tensions between the pair earlier this year.
In February, officials at the Department of Internal Affairs briefed van Velden ahead of a meeting with the chair, Grant Illingworth KC, advising her to "make clear your expectation that the chair implements improvements in the inquiry's planning, risk assessment, and progress reporting, and failure by him to commit to do so will further undermine your confidence in him and in the inquiry".
