Tony Sheldon (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Colbeck. Today 1,164 new local COVID-19 cases were reported in New South Wales, with 143 people currently in an ICU and, tragically, 96 total deaths during the current outbreak. An experienced respiratory physician at a Western Sydney hospital has described the COVID-19 crisis in Western Sydney in the following words:

Imagine if during last year's bushfires, brigade captains were not informed where fires were moving and what resources might be required. This is exactly what is happening now. Spot fires have turned into roaring blazes of the virus.

Is he right?