Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I refer the senator to the answer I just gave and to the answer that Senator Colbeck gave previously. The answer I just gave outlined very clearly the fact that the government outlined the potential stages for reopening. The government asked the Doherty Institute to undertake modelling against those sorts of processes. In the process of undertaking that modelling it became apparent that there needed to be differences in those stages to be able to work successfully through reopening. The government fully expects that. That's why the government was asking for expert advice. It's why we have done so. As Senator Colbeck said before, the advice as published makes clear that in the third phase limited targeted lockdowns may be necessary in certain extreme circumstances. That is there in that public advice. (Time expired)