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

They were able to support jobs and support livelihoods. They were able to do that. On this occasion, that hasn't been the case. On other occasions premiers have made decisions to lock down when it could then have been argued they could have kept their states open, and there have been hindsight decisions on those also. The premiers have difficult calls to make. I seek to support them all in the work that they do in this country to save lives and to save likelihoods.

All I know is that each and every day during this pandemic—

Mr Brian Mitchell interjecting—

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