Sky News host Chris Kenny says ABC types are “so far to the loony left' they have taken to Twitter to complain because a newspaper reported the facts surrounding the Andrews government's handling of the COVID crisis.
Sky News host Chris Kenny says ABC types are “so far to the loony left" they have taken to Twitter to complain because a newspaper reported the facts surrounding the Andrews government's handling of the COVID crisis. Mr Kenny said the pandemic is tough and the virus is virulent, “but there is simply no doubt that the Andrews government's stuff-up of hotel quarantine for overseas returnees has fuelled this”.
“There is just no doubt about the diagnosis, Victoria's quarantine bungling has been the biggest factor in creating this mess”. He said Quentin Dempster recently took to Twitter “objecting to The Australian's headline treatment of "Dan's Covid relapse".” His tweet was subsequently re-tweeted by former prime minister Kevin Rudd. “Politicians don't want to get into a federal state blame game, or a partisan battle, when there is public health to consider,” Mr Kenny said.
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