The rest of Australia should not be associated with the “incompetence of the Victorian government” amid the prime minister claiming “we are all Melburnians now,” according to Sky News host AlanJones.
The rest of Australia should not be associated with the “incompetence of the Victorian government” amid the prime minister claiming “we are all Melburnians now,” according to Sky News host Alan Jones. Victoria has recorded another 165 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours taking the state’s total active cases to just under 900, with 41 people currently in hospital.
In response to the burgeoning crisis in Melbourne, the prime minister declared “we are all Melburnians now”. “We are not part of, nor should we be identified with, the incompetence of the Victorian government,” Mr Jones said. He said Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has once again got his “hand out to Canberra” for more taxpayer money to "fund this incompetence". Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed on Tuesday night the lock down will cost the economy six billion in the coming weeks.
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