JB1975
Brownlow Medallist
Shameless politicking and buck-passing by NSW:
'Health Minister Brad Hazzard says NSW has "been cast aside" by Australia as the state's COVID-19 crisis deepened today with a record 163 new infections announced.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday called on the Commonwealth and her counterparts in other states to send their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Sydney, which has been in lockdown for a month amid an outbreak of the Delta variant.
Her pleas were rebuffed at a national cabinet meeting yesterday afternoon and while Ms Berejiklian did not front today's press conference in Sydney, Mr Hazzard took up the fight.
"Last time I looked, we were a Commonwealth, we worked together, so it disturbs me that it would seem that all we've ever done to work together has just seemingly been cast aside," he said.
"It is with disappointment that I heard some of the responses from leaders from other states."
He said states worked together to overcome natural disasters.
"I can't quite see the difference between beating back fires and addressing the problems of floods, and beating back this COVID virus," he said.
"If it gets worse here in New South Wales, it could actually create massive problems for the whole country. New South Wales is the gateway to the rest of Australia."'
www.abc.net.au
NSW being awash with Covid is bad for the rest of us? Tell us something we don't know, Brad.
Apparently, the only way for us to all band together like real Australians is to do what NSW wants and give them the vaccine allocations of other States. Righto, and f*** off.
Well right now we need NSW to do us all a favour, by ending the mockdown and implementing restrictions that will have a meaningful effect.
The 'gold standard' was fool's gold; get your f****** house in order so that we can all find a sustainable way of combatting this thing.
'Health Minister Brad Hazzard says NSW has "been cast aside" by Australia as the state's COVID-19 crisis deepened today with a record 163 new infections announced.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday called on the Commonwealth and her counterparts in other states to send their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Sydney, which has been in lockdown for a month amid an outbreak of the Delta variant.
Her pleas were rebuffed at a national cabinet meeting yesterday afternoon and while Ms Berejiklian did not front today's press conference in Sydney, Mr Hazzard took up the fight.
"Last time I looked, we were a Commonwealth, we worked together, so it disturbs me that it would seem that all we've ever done to work together has just seemingly been cast aside," he said.
"It is with disappointment that I heard some of the responses from leaders from other states."
He said states worked together to overcome natural disasters.
"I can't quite see the difference between beating back fires and addressing the problems of floods, and beating back this COVID virus," he said.
"If it gets worse here in New South Wales, it could actually create massive problems for the whole country. New South Wales is the gateway to the rest of Australia."'
'Irresponsible': Eighteen COVID cases linked to family gathering, NSW records 163 new infections
Police issue more than 200 penalty notices and health authorities plead with people to stop gathering as NSW's COVID-19 crisis deepens after a record number of new infections is announced.
NSW being awash with Covid is bad for the rest of us? Tell us something we don't know, Brad.
Apparently, the only way for us to all band together like real Australians is to do what NSW wants and give them the vaccine allocations of other States. Righto, and f*** off.
Well right now we need NSW to do us all a favour, by ending the mockdown and implementing restrictions that will have a meaningful effect.
The 'gold standard' was fool's gold; get your f****** house in order so that we can all find a sustainable way of combatting this thing.
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