Nationals Senator senbmckenzie says the New South Wales Labor government’s pleading incompetence in handling the coronavirus pandemic is their “get out of jail free card”.
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says the New South Wales Labor government’s pleading incompetence in handling the coronavirus pandemic is their “get out of jail free card”. “Three months ago we had twelve local government areas in Melbourne with community transmissions, they were not shut down,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News host Paul Murray.
“They were allowed to spread out of control due to the incompetence of our state Labor government, and here we all are. Ms McKenzie also said the Andrews government’s pleading its incompetence in handling the coronavirus pandemic is their “get out of jail free card”. “It is absolutely unacceptable in a liberal democracy such as ours,” she said.
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