Mayor's 'genocide' comparison slammed as 'disgusting' by Deputy Premier

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John Barilaro has criticised the Broken Hill mayor Darriea Turley after she equated inadequate COVID planning as 'tantamount to a genocide'.

The New South Wales Deputy Premier has criticised Broken Hill's mayor Darriea Turley after she equated inadequate COVID planning to genocide.Speaking to a parliamentary hearing Mayor Turley equated inadequate covid planning to 'genocide'More than 17 per cent of Wilcannia's population has been infected with the virus

"To be using the word genocide, I think no political leader, or any community leader, should ever use such words because it actually causes trauma for people that are associate with that word." Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley made the comments to the Public Accountability Committee earlier this week.Ms Turley was repeating what she said public health experts had told her, that there was a failure to act adequately in advance to a COVID outbreak.

 

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I personally feel the deputy premier is an arse

Just calling it for what it is John. Got caught this time 🤣😅🤣

Maybe he should have vaccinated the st risk people first? Oh wait, he said he did that. But then he didnt. 15 months to plan it. Fail. By the way, why did you and then your daughter travel under lockdown?

Thin Skinned Bruz.

I wonder if he’s going to sic his dogs on her to shut her up.

Bruz really is weak.

Oof. Whoever named her certainty had an odd sense of humour.

What do you expect from the Western government here since the foreign British seized control from us? Ethnic cleansing of the Jews in Germany was copied from the British Empire!

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