House debates
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Questions without Notice
COVID-19: Lockdowns
3:13 pm
David Smith (Bean, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister said, 'Ultimately, everything is a state matter.' Is it the states or is it the Prime Minister who is responsible for half the country being in lockdown because of his quarantine and vaccine failures?
3:14 pm
Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I reject the premise of the question completely, and therefore the answer is no.