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

[by video link] As the member would be well aware, the vaccination of those workers in quarantine is the responsibility of state governments. What we're seeing again from the opposition is a deliberate attempt to try to politicise this terrible outbreak in Sydney. As a Sydneysider, I'm not going to have to the Labor Party add to the hardship faced by Sydneysiders by seeking to politicise what they're having to go through now. There are responsibilities that are held at a Commonwealth level and at a state level. As the Premier said this morning in New South Wales, there is an investigation into that transport worker, who should have been vaccinated. The doses were available and, in this case, that worker was not vaccinated, and the New South Wales Premier has made it very clear that they're investigating how that occurred.

I would encourage the opposition, rather than to seek political pointscoring in the middle of a pandemic, to grow up and focus on supporting the government as we seek to take Australia through this pandemic. Australians do not need bickering from the opposition. They need a constructive opposition which will support the government as we continue to lead Australia through this crisis.

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