COVID-19 has left a huge toll on us all, and taken the lives of more than 7,000 Australians.

But there are some companies that have simply thrived because of it, particularly those charged by the federal government with providing goods and services like masks and other protective equipment.

So was there enough scrutiny over whom the government was awarding multi-million-dollar contracts to?

Today, ABC Four Corners reporter, Linton Besser, on how one Australian company with financial woes but deep political links was awarded contracts worth more than one billion dollars' worth of taxpayer money.

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Linton Besser, reporter, ABC TV Four Corners