Statements by Members: Quarantine, Small Business and COVID-19

03 June 2021

 

We've seen vaccine hesitancy because of the Morrison government's failed communication, we've seen quarantine facility construction hesitancy from them and, for the past week, we've had lockdown support hesitancy. They've been hesitant to take responsibility for the financial effects of the lockdown that their policies were responsible for. That sets alarm bells ringing for every small business and for every worker in every single state, including in the electorate of Macquarie that I so proudly represent. We shouldn't need lockdowns, but the government's failure with the vaccine rollout, failing to urgently reach a critical mass, and failure to create a more secure quarantine process has led to it.