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

The objective of all of our government's efforts, the objective of all the plans that we have put forward has had two objectives: to save lives and to save livelihoods. More than 30,000 lives have been saved as a result of the collective actions of Australians, the actions of governments and the leadership of our government, and a million Australians have got back into work after last year's COVID-19 recession.

The Labor Party have put this to us. They have said to us: 'Why do things have to change?'. The Leader of the Opposition may be unaware that COVID-19 is a voracious virus which sets its own rules. What we have done as a country and what we have done as a government is be responsive to ensure that we can address the many challenges that have come from COVID-19 and do so as a federation and in a way that has saved more than 30,000 lives and put a million people back into work. The Leader of the Opposition may be disappointed by those outcomes. He may be.

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