House debates Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Lockdowns

Thursday, 2 September 2021 House of Representatives

David Smith

David Smith Bean, Australian Labor Party

3:13 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Is it the states or is it the Prime Minister who is responsible for half the country being in lockdown because of his quarantine and vaccine failures?

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

3:14 pm

I reject the premise of the question completely, and therefore the answer is no.