Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I certainly don't believe that I, in any way, knocked Mr McGowan. In fact, what I know I said is that Mr McGowan has done a very, very good job as the Premier of Western Australia in keeping our state relatively COVID-free. I commend Mr McGowan for the work that he's undertaken. That is why the national cabinet has agreed to the national plan for reopening. That is why the Prime Minister, every day, goes out and says to Australians: 'You understand that sticking to the national plan is the key to getting back to as normal life as we can while living with COVID-19.' And, as I said, it is very pleasing that over 50 per cent of Western Australians have now received their first dose of the vaccine. That is a good thing, and we want to see more and more Western Australians receive that first dose so that we can eventually do what the national plan says and live with COVID-19. (Time expired)