Former speaker of the house Bronwyn Bishop says she is shocked people still believe Victorian Premier DanielAndrewsMP and his government are doing okay in handling the coronavirus pandemic.
Former speaker of the house Bronwyn Bishop says she is shocked people still believe Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and his government are doing okay in handling the coronavirus pandemic. It comes after Premier Andrews was subjected to hours of questioning about Melbourne’s failed hotel quarantine program on the final day of the state’s inquiry into the matter.
“I continue to be shocked daily at the way so many people think somehow it’s all okay, they’re doing okay,” Ms Bishop told Sky News host Gary Hardgrave. “When I watched some of that failure to give any information today – perhaps an attempt to throw the health minister under the bus – I was just stunned about how evasive the whole thing was. “A joke, an absolute joke.”
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