Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called a snap National Cabinet meeting for tomorrow with growing concerns about the Omicron COVID variant.
State and Territory leaders were not due to meet with the prime minister until February of next year but were informed late last night of the meeting to be held on Tuesday.
“The purpose of it was just simply to give everybody an update on the most recent information that we have and to share the information that the states and territories have,” Mr Morrison said.
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