Stephen Jones (Whitlam, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

There are 5.5 million people in New South Wales who are very keen to hear from this Prime Minister about why the vaccine rollout in New South Wales is not a race. The virus is on the move and his failures have left businesses and households in New South Wales at risk. Hotel quarantine is an abject failure. There have been breaches every two weeks. In November it was Adelaide, in December it was Sydney, in January it was Brisbane, in February it was Perth and in June it was Sydney and Brisbane. Last year, we had three outbreaks in Queensland, eight in New South Wales, two in South Australia, five in Victoria and three in Western Australia. It's a rolling disaster. But the government says that it's all going well. How can it be going well if people are going into hotel quarantine healthy and coming out sick?

It's the same story with the vaccine: 70 per cent of aged-care workers still have not been vaccinated. The New South Wales Premier said today that she can't get the vaccines she needs in New South Wales to keep people in New South Wales safe. And while this is all going on, the government is in shambles. The National Party are a rolling maul of destruction and the Prime Minister has been warned, but is too arrogant to listen. Instead of munching on Cornish pasties he should try some humble pie. (Time expired)

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Lindsay has about 30 seconds.