Sky News host Paul Murray says while the AFL is spending it’s two week quarantine in Queensland at a five star resort, a four-year-old undergoing life-saving treatment can’t have her parents with her because it’s a “COVID risk'.
Sky News host Paul Murray says while the AFL is spending it’s two week quarantine in Queensland at a five star resort with a golf course and a pool, a four-year-old, undergoing life-saving treatment, can’t have her parents with her because it’s a “COVID risk". “Palaszczuk plays politics and if you’ve got enough money, well you can go around the system,” Mr Murray said.
“If you can give her something like a footy game the week before the Queensland election, she’ll look the other way, where you’re able to hang out in the five-star resort.” Meanwhile, four-year-old Charlotte is not able to have her parents with her while going through lifesaving medical treatment, Mr Murray said. “The inconsistencies, the heartlessness of all of this," he said. “How is this fair? “It’s not.
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