Media Release on Excess Deaths: Fifth time is a charm! Senator Babet's motion to refer Excess Mortality to a Senate Committee has succeeded.

Media Release on Excess Deaths: Fifth time is a charm! Senator Babet’s motion to refer Excess Mortality to a Senate Committee has succeeded.

Following two years of repeated attempts by Senator Babet and the United Australia Party, today the Senate finally voted in favour of investigating excess deaths. For the past few years Australians have been dying in excess numbers without adequate explanation. Excess mortality is not just a transitory phenomenon. In 2022 we experienced our highest excess death rate since World War Two. The Australian Bureau of Statistics provisional mortality data released last month confirm that to November 2023 there were 15,114 or 10% more deaths than the baseline average. Senator Babet’s successful motion means that the Community Affairs References Committee will … Continue reading Media Release on Excess Deaths: Fifth time is a charm! Senator Babet’s motion to refer Excess Mortality to a Senate Committee has succeeded.