Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says the National Cabinet was supposed to deal in a "cooperative manner" in relation to issues such as the vaccine rollout – and not have "spats" over who should take responsibility.
"Now the public really is not interested in spats between the commonwealth and the states. "They are interested in one, getting vaccinated and all people that should be vaccinated getting vaccinated and more to the point opening up the borders so we can get on with our lives. "And that's where we really need to put our foot on the gas here."
Only 3% of the population of Australia is fully vaccinated.
'Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells ... '
Vaccine acquisition is & always has been a federal responsibility. So how does one have a spat about the rollout of something that doesn't exist? Fed LNP deflection...as usual.
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