Mr Morrison then promised he will not bring back lockdowns in the future if he was elected on Saturday.
The Prime Minister also stressed the job is"never done" and that he and Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly were constantly in contact and in discussion about potential subvariants emerging around the world. "We speak regularly, as does the Health Minister, and has been no change to that advice and we will continue to ensure that we follow that advice," he said.
Anthony Albanese was later asked during question time after his National Press Club speech on Wednesday about how he would respond to the case surge.
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He has always said ‘No’ to lockdowns. If states had listened to him, we would have shared numbers like US and UK in 2020 and 2021. He is disgraceful!
Is this another lie?
Coronavirus lockdown…… what about the others. Shouldn’t it just be , no more lockdowns ?
There should be some sort of a penalty every time a leader breaks a pledge
Why people freak out about not having lock downs is rediculous. You can choose to lock yourself down at any given time. Why do you feel you need to have your hand held. Lockdowns destroy lives and the economey when you can just lock yourself in your basement and live with a mask.
No be a monkeypox lockdown
No monkey flu lockdown next or the who will lock people down
Problem is though it becomes the WHO's call.
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Too late .. the treatment of Australians locked out of their own country was deplorable I will never forgive or forget this.
What a joker
Because the WHO agreement HE (and Alltosleezy) are pushing to sign stands Australian leadership and constitution aside. Yes not under HIS rule, becasue we be under WHO and UN rule!!
So he's going to be even more useless in a pandemic. Got it. Thanks for the heads up scomo.
It was also unthinkable before the first lockdown. Can't believe anything he says, sorry
Haha, lockdown incoming then.
WHAT!? How can he say that with a straight face? He said no mandatory vaccines and no lockdowns before. Sorry but you had no power then and our Premier’s won’t either when you or Albo give Australia’s sovereignty to the WHO and WEF. Put the majors last
You don't introduce Lockdowns. The States do and did
To late for my vote.
This is not up to him
Does that apply to SA and WA ? 🤔🤷🏼♂️😎
Shouldn’t have had them in the first place because they breached numerous UN human rights laws. And why hasn’t Australia been condemned by the UN Security Council alongside its allies for the illegal Afghanistan war that was not allowed by the UN Security Council. natowarcrimes
Didn't he say there would be no mandates in Australia too
Uh-huh, just like there were no mandatory vaccinations.
DICK!!!
I'm sorry,but he cannot say this as he gave the decision up to the Dictator Premiers.
He cannot promise that if he signs the WHO Pandemic Treaty
Still no admission of high rates of injuries and fatalities from the mRNA shots...but what does that tell you?
ScottMorrisonMP doesn't care if you die.
Or home learning which is being threatened on us again ? Enough with the teachers holidays in Vic. We need our kids to get an education !!
Weak as piss this Bloke, last time was premiers decision now yours. Get stuffed
TIP: When a politicians lips move, it's a sign they are lying.
How ignorant a position
He had his chance for two years to try to reel the states in and seemed to do fuck all.
Unless you live in the western suburbs of Sydney.
Morrison's was always against lockdowns If the Premiers hadn't intervened we'd all be dead by now. Yet he has the gall to claim success. BTW, which political party let in that fateful RubyPrincess & didn't stop the one boat that counted? FireTheLiar LNPMassiveFail ausvotes
Too little too late
No need. The WHO designated 'pick up the sick and unvaxed and transport to quarantine', thugs, will do the job.
… do we trust him?
Till he signs off on the WHO treaty, then the decisions of lock downs, jab mandates are out of his hands. Man with fork tongue.
Did he also claim there would be no vaccine mandate?
like its up to him ?
Another lie. States have this power. Not him.
add no more 'mandates' to your policy list and you will take the KeK on election day ScottMorrisonMP
Worst leader this country has ever had
The States don't give a toss what he says
I wonder if Russia is busy adapting the Coronovirus to cause some super serious damage? They have the means to produce a vaccine locally to protect themselves (mostly) against any such release. They already have seen how the US populace reacts (poorly)
But he also stated that he will sign the WHO pandemic treaty, which supersedes parlimentary democracy, public helth laws and human rights. It will be out of his hands.
Well…maybe not under his government, but if they hand over pandemic powers to the WHO, will be under their authority. All care no responsibility scomo
So they moving onto climate change then is it?
Wow he can see the future.
Now you’re getting desperate, the writing is on the wall.😂
Dog whistling to UAP and PHON! What a grub he is. FireTheLiarFromTheShire
So now he wants to take the states to task and hold them accountable? Where was his backbone over the past 2.5 years?
Just tell the truth gutter journalists auspol
It’s not his decision he signed up to WHO..
Because every premiernis liberal maybe not scott
This claim can ONLY be absolutely truthful if he accepts he will lose the 2022 Federal election.
States have made decisions on lockdowns based on health advice, not requiring permission of Federal Govt. This claim by Morrison is clearly aimed to deceive.
It'll be a different virus with a different name, so he's not lying. When they sign over our freedoms to The WHO we are all screwed. Watch this space...more lockdowns to follow 👍
So it IS HIS responsibility thus blame, of the Lockdowns over 2 years that he heavily criticised ALP Premiers for while gave 'Gold standard' assessment of LNP Premiers despite the same actions used.... clarity noted thanks Murdoch media. What a joke, we deserve far more than this
What…….so Scott Morrison is now a Doctor? Shouldn’t we be following the health advise? Not a buffoon of a PM that failed Australians during the pandemic. Then what would you expect from the Murdoch owned Sky News…
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But Albo would
If you condemn the state premiers I may vote for u again
Better to let everyone die than have a lock down that would save lives 😳🤷🏼♀️
tessyursine That’s because when they happen he will be blaming the WHO he’s signing Australias soverently over to this week. Clowns.
how much longer then?
You do know that he was against most of the other lockdowns but the Premiers nodded at him and went about doing the right thing anyway. All he had to do was order the vaccines, oh wait missed that one, how about the RAT’s, oh missed that one as well.
The decision to lockdown is made by power hungry Premiers who have discovered that the Constitution gave them more control than they imagined. Happy days for them. Tragic for Australians. ( does that actually mean anything any more ?)
So will die like USA. 1 million dead
That's a stupid thing to say, he has no idea what will happen in the future. He may as well say that even if it looks like killing a lot more everyone must keep working to maintain the wealth of the corporations.
Yeah..... Sorry Sky but there won't be a 'future' Morrison government. auspol
Yes his time is over..
Oh? He is just going to leave it to the WHO to lock us down? Albo is going to sign the WHO treaty, an end to Australian sovereignty. So is Liberals. Vote the majors last! Vote freedom parties first. StopTheTreaty StopTheWHO auspol ausvotes
Not your decision, sport.
He’s still says that there are no mandates? As if anyone would trust this guy
good words bad people
Gets my vote ..... but the States control this shit don’t they? DanielAndrewsMP won’t have a bar of this ☹️
Except if the WHO says so…
If he went this earlier this would have been a winner. Labour states have smashed their residents.
Sure mate! You sold Aus to WHO.
Monicactravel How can he do that if he is signing onto this WHO treaty, that passes power to that foreign non-democratic, CCP-owned, bureaucracy
So wait he’s now saying he’s not aligned with Mark McGowan? Didn’t he say just weeks ago that him and McGowan are like best mates?
He’s the only one talking about lockdowns.
Not his call anyway. It’s a matter for the states FireTheLiar
Not his to promise!
Thats correct. he gets the arse on Saturday
...also no action on integrity, equality, climate change, health, education, foreign relations too.
This is a State's decision. He has no say! So, it's a very empty & hollow promise.
Morrison has been extremely weak during this pandemic. He should be ashamed of himself.
Wait … the Australian Constitution gives health powers to the States. Morrison did close the borders but the Australian Government does both have the health powers under the Constitution.
What an utterly ridiculous ‘pledge’ by ScottMorrisonMP ! If the expert health advice re the worsening Covid situation is to lockdown for a period then we MUST lockdown. Simple. Covid is a health pandemic, not a political football.
discoveryiopna Please vote and share Is our only hope
And has he checked in with SARS-CoV-2 and asked about future mutations? What happens if it increases its infection and mortality rates? Because much as you idolise Morrison, he doesn't actually have control over that, Sky.
Great Sir
Have you seen this? 'Just a fraction of these SCANDALS should be enough to throw the Liberals into exile for generations to come.' It's all on the public record. Imagine what we don't know about! 😬
(at a Federal level.)
There’s been no talk of lockdowns for ages. Heck, even covid struggles a mention in the papers or on tv. The media and the government don’t care about covid anymore. It’s so obvious.
He says this now...
He has nothing to do with it. Never did, never will. Is he planning on being a dictator if he wins?
3 more days to go AU! 👍😊👍
Did you tell states Last time you said it was them and nothing to do with federal!!!
It already happened so...
Another bit of meaningless shit from Murdochs sky
And the W.H.O. Treaty?
Just like he said the vaccine won’t be mandatory
When he speaks utter bullshit, you can be sure skynews will repeat it without acknowledging that it’s bullshit
Lock downs have fuck all to do with Morrison... thank God.
So why didn't you stop the lock downs previously?
I have the same amount of power as Scott on lockdowns so I also declare that there will be no Covid lockdowns under a Morrison Gov. auspol ThisIsNotJournalism
Did Credlin put him up to this?
Bullshit
Too little, too late
I hope and pray that Covid will be gone totally, and everything will be back to normal life like before. 🙏 🙏 🙏
Oh great, did any so-called journo ask him how he can do that? It's not up to him FFS, but go on, just hoover up his shit then repeat it.
Of course there won't! Those decisions are left up to the states - like mandatory vaccinations!
It's up to the Premiers to decide.
JrehnJ Medical advice be damned. The Federation go hang. Seems lessons are still not learnt.
Yeah sure….like he controls the virus!!
Factually a lie. The states make the call 🤣
Wow…now we are desperate…sure it’s not Clive Morrison we are voting for!
Lol what about for other pandemics the WHO will decide our fate on
After quietly backing state dictators to enforce no jab no job. Bullying tactics by government as per normal. I'd never vote the main parties again.
I think you could have stopped with 'Scott Morrison has pledged there will be no future.'
He has no control of state borders it’s been proven only international borders 🤷🏻♂️
He cannot make such a claim, this responsibility rests with State & Territory governments. But you know that already don't you. ThisIsNotJournalism is fact ThisisShitJournalism
He does whatever the States do
Morrison takes credit for the low death rate, partly due to lockdowns, and then distances himself from lockdowns. Just disgraceful. auspol
FireTheLiar
What a ridiculous declaration. It’s the states who make that call.
There needs to be lockdowns or the numbers suggest it will get worse and higher cases and more deaths
fweedumb!!!
It’s a pandemic stupid. Many of my vaxxed friends are now falling over with it.
Except he has fuck all influence on state lock downs and you know it. nevertrustnewscorp
Magpie1954nBird Even if the health authorities recommend and belive it is an appropriate action to save lives? COVID 19 in not the only virus capable of causing a serious, life threatening pandemic.
Look at those lips. Stuff sucked in one side, something rapte out the other
Maybe not. But if we sign up to the WHO accord and they decide 🤷♂️🤬
And how does he plan on stopping the premiers from implementing that exactly? Suddenly, he has the power to control lockdowns now? After insisting it's not a fed gov decision?
That'll be because managing the response to COVID in the community, including lockdowns, is the responsibility of State governments. As usual, when to going got tough, ScottytheFailure ran away! auspol
Does he say Fed law above State law 🤔, can't see that happen besides he instructed these measures and premiers in the first place during his so called National cabinet meetings to implement lockdowns etc
Well he's gone in a week, who cares
Both days?
It wasn’t even him that locked us all down it was the premiers not his job
going after the Covidiot vote then
It’s a state matter, so he can say what he likes but it’s meaningless, like most of what he says
auspol AusPol2022 AusVotes2022 LiberalAus ScottMorrisonMP meaningless BS, if Covid killer strain is in the country or threatening to enter the country, you can bet any PM will respond, his personal responsibility gambit is reason thousands in aged care are dying prematurely
To late
Scott Morrison has pledged something he has no power over and so is pointlessly dog whistling to the ignorant. Fixed it for you. 👍
Really I thought that was state Govt ,decision ,that is what he was saying when he said” It’s not my job”
It will not be his government in a few days, he has blocked the results during the election, the average of 50 people die every day from Covid on his watch. He schools pay a price for that in prison.
How can he? It’s the only thing that isn’t his job!
It’s not up to Scott Morrison. He’s not the Chief Medical Officer. He’s becoming desperate and threatening totalitarianism. Clearly terrified there’s going to be a federal ICAC very soon.
This is one time when it really ISN'T his job! It's not up to him, it's up to the state premiers. Pretty disingenuous that you would even run this is as a headline.
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Bullshit
That's quite irresponsible, no?
How can Morrison say that when it's the States that did it?
Firstly, its not up to him. Secondly, ruling things out completely is amazingly stupid.
That's what he said in March 2020. He just needed to get the footy match in, the Hillsong conference completed. Then...he shut it down.
Not going to 'interfere in people's lives' again. We'll just let them die or develop chronic disease and disability instead.... It is shameful that he's using the dying 'with' Covid line to minimise unnecessary deaths.
Morrison lies again
There is only 3 days left for his government 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Premiers control that decision. Not him..he's just saying shit to get reelected
No ScottMorrisonMP will let the Premiers do it OR ScoMo or AlboMP will have signed the W.H.O. Pandemic Treaty and UN Enforcers will do it! REMEMBER he's played the CARD No Power to Stop them!!! 'Pure Scumbaggery' LOCKDOWNS WILL NEVER LEAVE US UNLESS WE SackThemAll
And yet when we actually were locked down…it wasn’t his job and was the state government
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😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣 he did nothing. His not going to foul us twice
Not his Decision. Thank someone for that. If it was his decision deaths would have been out of this world.
Dirty ill-informed politics standard scaremongering for the Libs !
And because he never had the say anyway. So yet one more lie.
But that's not his job! Remember?
He doesn’t have the power to do that, Rupert
Because ScottMorrisonMP had such a good plan before. ScottyTheCompletePsycho A lot of cases in aged care.. meh 🤷♂️, before saying.. 'Case numbers have risen, that was always going to happen, part of the national plan that we put together with states and territories.' ausvotes
What if the best medical advice says that is what is required?
When does he get any say on the subject? Just repeating crap.
No. They will be local interior restricted movement policies instead. It’s all in the wording.
And when workers don’t turn up for work because they are sick with covid19 what then. People still dying, cases and hospitalizations on the rise covid19 is not over even if scott Morrison thinks it is.
So no lockdown for the next 3 days. Good to know
Well Scott you have two days. 🤣🤣
How can he be in a position to say that 🤔
So if a new variant emerged that was vaccine resistant, highly infectious and deadly he would stop people having lockdowns? Yep that's the sort of leader I want! One that would let you die on principal just to win an election.
'Scott Morrison has pledged to continue allowing Australians to die at the rate of a Port Arthur Massacre EVERY SINGLE DAY under his government' Fixed it for you.
Has he changed the constitution so that’s it’s no longer up to states the implement health measures?
That’s not his job
What the? He has no say over this, never has, never will. It's a state based matter. It's like albo saying his govt. Will never sack an afl coach
🤔Wow that's a Vote Changer🤦♂️we all Shouldn't have put LNPLast!! 😂🤣Hell Yes we are so glad & comfortable that we Did! LNPMurdochParty Can Go! Get🖕
He’s making promises he can’t keep once again. The usual lies! ausvotes
It's not up to him. It's up to the states.
Another Morrison promise that won’t be kept - because it’s not his job. Literally, it’s not his job this time!
He even says he plans to sign over to the WHO. Same as “no mandates” hey? So deceptive. Wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Scott Morrison has pledged there will be no future droughts in Australia under his government.🤪
Too late....
He has no say.
liar. why'd he let all the ones we've had happen then? apparently, it was never 'his call' or in his control but it will be in future?! lol
Promising something he has no jurisdiction over.
Oh how can he guarantee that if he signs control over to the W.H.O.?
this is what Murdoch and his pathetic TOY BOYS are supporting
Federation he can’t say what the states will do
Popped back to check the ratio
Two years too late
Plenty of wiggle room in that pledge to allow future lockdowns for whatever else the WEF orders, so Klaus Scwab approves this statement.
ScottyTheBulldozer doesn’t make those decisions. The premiers do! putlnplast AlboForPM
The WHO ‘Pandemic Treaty’ is 56 pages of acronyms, obscure references & nonsense. It is a dangerous draft, which if signed by Australia, eclipses Australian sovereignty & law, removing freedom as we know it under UN global jurisdiction. Morrison’s pledges mean nothing to the WHO.
But he also said that the WHO should have the authority to lock countries down
States implement lockdowns - which he oversaw and supported how will he prevent another lockdown? or rename the virus....
More BS from the bulldozer. It's a state decision.
ItsForMySafety It won’t be his call under WHO
The mans a fool.
Not his call.
Given that it’s a matter for the states I’m not sure what he will be able to do about that
If he can use his powers to overrule the states ?
What a load of BS. Both major parties have expressed that they want to sign Australia up to the WHO treaty immediately after the election. Put the gaslighting major parties last.
To reject it out of hand is ridiculous. No one knows what future variants may bring. He's thinking small yet again. MurdochRoyalCommission
So, lockdowns 'weren't (his) job' when the pandemic was at its most dangerous but now they are, eh? We can't get rid of this smirking shyster quickly enough...
Ha ha ha, thats funny, because the states are responsible for lockdowns, The feds only hold the key to those trying to get in or out of the country.
Thereby pledging many more deaths
It's ridiculous. Wasn't it the Morrison government that led the lockdown for the last two years?
So if a super deadly variant pops it head up we all die sounds legit
Just yesterday he said that saying “it is not a race” is a mistake. Now he is essentially declaring that he will defy expert opinion regarding CoViD19. He just wanted the votes of the anti-vaxxers. Politics before health and well-being of Australians 🇦🇺
Except that ScottMorrisonMP has no power to enforce or not enforce covid lockdowns, which are State responsibility.
Another fake promise ScottMorrisonMP wtf?
No lockdowns, just more deaths.
Always thought that Aspen Medical's call. Ooops I mean Greg Hunt.
What a fuckwit. Honestly, says it now that lockdowns are somewhat in the past. COVID demonstrated how powerless the PM and fed govt is internally to the country. A joke.
The states make there own public health decisions not the PM 🤣🤣🤣
Gees, according to LNP enthusiasts, it was because of state premiers, because the PM doesn't hold those powers! Is he saying now that he could have ordered no lockdowns the whole time?
Hope he had told the virus and the virus then listens. The caretaker PM thinks he is above public health if it assists his re-election.
Full of it as he didn't step in when states decide
No they'll just rename the virus
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