Deputy Prime Minister M_McCormackMP has thanked the 'many heroes' operating in the nation through the coronavirus threat and said every single Australian now faces 'the fight of our lives' to beat the pandemic.
Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has thanked the "many heroes" operating in the nation through the coronavirus threat and said every single Australian now faces "the fight of our lives" to beat the pandemic. "We are up, for now, the fight of our lives ... and it is one in, all in, for every single Australian," Mr McCormack said during Question Time on Wednesday. "And we will win it together".
He also spoke of the "many heroes" who are going above and beyond at the moment in a variety of professions. He said "truckies, farmers even sign language experts" should be praised for their work. "Of course we've got those front line health professionals, whether they're in rural and remote Australia, whether they're in capital cities, wherever they are, we thank those doctors, nurses, pharmacists". "No matter what they're doing ...
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