Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Wherever they may be, Australians have been doing their job, and we have been doing our job to support them each and every day, whether it was through the JobSeeker and JobKeeper initiatives or the more than $20 billion in health support that we put in place in concert with the states and territories who have added that amount. Each and every single day, Australians have been working together and our government has been working together with the state and territory government to ensure that Australia is in a position, even despite the very significant challenges that we now face in Victoria—

Opposition members interjecting—

In Victoria—as I've just remarked outside of this chamber—they will go through a difficult period over the next seven days. But we have faced these challenges in the face of COVID before and we will overcome them again. The way we will do that is by working together, staying focused on the problem and solving that problem together and ensuring that we open up Victoria as soon as possible.

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