In that national cabinet, as we worked together to deal with that first wave and the many challenges it presented, it was, indeed, the Victorian Premier, the New South Wales Premier—all of the premiers and chief ministers—who supported that national effort. What we sought to do in that first wave was to build our national resilience, to build up our health response, to ensure the respirators were in place and the testing and tracing kits were in place, and to ensure the COVID-safe practices could be established.

Opposition members interjecting—

Mr Speaker, the interjections continue, but I will endure over them—

Honourable members interjecting—