Deputy PM called out for presenting 'alternative facts' after linking BLM protests to COVID outbreak on Q+A
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was accused of distorting reality during Monday night's episode of Q+A, linking Black Lives Matter protests to Victoria's coronavirus dilemma as the Government was criticised for failing Australians stranded overseas.Mr McCormack said Black Lives Matter protests 'can't have helped' Victoria's latest COVID-19 outbreak
Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally said the Federal Government had done more for seafood exports than the 25,000 Australians the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says were trying to return home.Nationals leader Mr McCormack said the Government was limited in terms of the number of people it could fly home and get into quarantine, but that didn't placate the former NSW premier.
"I think a little bit of compassion is what it is needed here to look after the lives of Australians, and that also means protecting us here in Australia from the virus.""Don't take what I said as not being supportive of hotel quarantine. It is the one most successful measure that protected the country from the virus," he said.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for the Andrews Government to fast-track their coronavirus roadmap. "We had that outbreak because of a family who gathered in too large a number. We had the outbreak in Victoria because of a [Black Lives Matter] protest rally."
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