Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns Australia is in "no hurry" to fully reopen its international borders, but is flagging a gradual process starting with "essential travel".He said he hoped that by the end of the year Australians travelling for "essential purposes" would not need to go into hotel quarantineMr Morrison last week raised the prospect of allowingif they were vaccinated against COVID-19.
Speaking from Adelaide on Sunday, Mr Morrison sought to reassure Australians that any decision to lift those restrictions would not be made lightly."There are 3 million people now who have died from COVID. The COVID pandemic is raging around the world. "The issues of borders and how they are managed will be done very, very carefully and must be done in partnership with the states and territories in terms of how the quarantine program works."Download the ABC News app and subscribe to our range of news alerts for the latest on how the pandemic is impacting the world
He said he would like to be in a position in the second half of the year where Australians could travel for "essential purposes" and return without needing to undergo hotel quarantine — if they were vaccinated.
Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)
Australia started with keeping people as prisoners and now we are back to that again.
While he's begging, could HM assure me of a roof over my head?
While he's begging, could I trouble HM to assure a roof over my head?
With what.
The over 50 people also pay the same taxes as those below 50. Why would they have to take the 2nd rated and dangerous AstraZeneca? Age discrimination?
Tried several times at my GP and even though I qualify in 1b, not enough supply. Try again in a few weeks is the GP's message each time. Sco Mo can plead but if supply is not there, no can do.
I'm 56. Offer me the same vaccine you had and I'll sit for the jab.
Open borders for international students 🥺🇮🇳 LetUsBackToAus InternationalStudentsAustralia ScottMorrisonMP AlanTudgeMP AlexHawkeMP HardeepSPuri RaviSinghKA KhalsaAid_AU SonuSood DrSJaishankar JulianHillMP AlboMP Help Us..We are so Depressed 🥺😔...Allow Us ASAP👏🏻🇮🇳
Dangerous, unsafe,untested quackseen is not needed,plead all you like... No consent!!!
I will not take AstraZeneca you get us over 50s and 60s Pfizer then we might cooperate you made the mistake Scotty of jumping in too quickly on the AstraZeneca bandwagon bad judgement again and now you want to get rid of your surplus on us nah Pfizer or nothing talk to our allies
We will not take the AstraZeneca Scotty we want the same one you took Pfizer you guessed wrong look at your mates in Israel everyone has Pfizer 85% vaccinated contractions down so get us Pfizer none is going to risk AstraZeneca it’s inferior to Pfizer you know it
What about people who have families overseas. This is crazy
Really... where? How?
We want Pfizer but ScottytheQueueJumper took it jabsfortheboys NotALeaderJustALiberal ScottyMustGo AngryWomenDontVoteLiberal
Cases with clots in France with a mean age of 62
I will not put the AZ vaccine in my body, even if it was my turn. Over 50 and under 70, no underlying health issues, so will be last in line anyway. Stuntmos can stick his plea where the sun don’t shine.
Hurry up.. go get your blood clot jab...
Borders only open for the population property ponzi to funnel more sovereign wealth to his masters. No to international student wage suppression machine. Time to reign in the oligarchs and build a productive, real per capita GDP growth economy
Why are you tweeting out fake news? The rollout is still in Phase 1a & b. 2a which includes most people under 70 does not start until at least mid year. Just because Morrison can't get his facts right doesn't mean you can't.
He's busy stitching things up for himself and his crony mates,when all his mates are vaccinated with pfiser he will open the borders again, then he will put us all in danger, his biggest objective is to bring the viza workers back to take our jobs.
When the corrupt PM supply’s the people over 50 with the Pfizer vaccine they will get vaccinated until then he can stick his AZ vaccine up his corrupt arse
Understandably people are sceptical of government narrative, clearly Astrazeneca is unsuitable for those 50 age given the European experience but Australia slow to act ?
Seems Australian will close the borders for years 🥲
With all his “inimitable knowledge”, which one does the PM suggest and when will it be readily available? His track record with information so far has been “ so reliable”.🙃
dont you have to be 1b to get vaccinated? or has that gone out the window? I dont qualify
I want the vaccine Scott Morrison had in Pfizer, NOT the shit vaccine he wants to give me. If it’s good enough for him it’s good enough for me.
If ScottMorrisonMP and the doctors are concerned about people not showing up to be vaccinated, they should reconsider their decision to not have a vaccine compensation scheme.
ScomoMustGo ScottyMustGo our PM stands in the way of Australia‘s progress against COVID
If only I could. What on earth is the PM on?
I want what he got. No age limit on it.
Yes, I am hanging on to every word and piece of advice from Scotty because he is such an expert - not. Pretty sure he doesn't give a damn about me or my family, it's just insulting the way he pontificates shamelessly. He has the credibility of a cane toad.
Why are you megaphoning Scott Morrison’s rubbish? He can plead all he likes. auspol ScottytheQueueJumper
Fuck off and get Your own AZ. I want to see what goes into your shot
And what of those under 50 ... ?
Isn’t this the total opposite of what he said only 24 years ago. Is he on something or is the Pzizer vaccination he received at the front of the queue having some weird side effects?
So where do I get the jab? Oh wait there still aren’t enough. You should be ashamed of yourself for lying to the people of Australia. You should resign.
Life of international students ruined 😔
Thanks Scotty, happy to get vaccinated as soon as the Pfizer is available 👍
Give me a choice even if I have to pay for my choice! I'm waiting for Pfizer
We need to shut the border to India. It's out of control and most people coming into Australia infected are Indians. This is just a fact
He can urge all he likes until he starts getting the other vaccines here I won't be budging. I'll be happy to find my own too but I won't be getting AZ. Please save any outrage anyone may have.
are the borders not opening later tonight? TasmanBubble
If this virus was actually bad he wouldn’t need to be pleading for people to be vaccinated. They would want to.
You either keep the borders properly closed or open them up. Letting in potentially infected people before at least 80 % of the population is vaccinated is stupid. Those 'stranded, sorry but tough
Now he isn't in a hurry but lost his shit at Victoria for not having a road map out of lock down. Just in case no one has told him I will. GETFUCKEDSCOTTY
Who listens to Clot Morrison
His hypocrisy is on steroids. People aren't stupid. We All witnessed him push himself front in the Queue for the 1st and 2nd Pfizer vaccines . Pfff !! scottythequeuejumper ScottyFromMarketing
Get vaccinated with what? Vaccines that he didn't order? I don't think the coronavirus will accept an IOU. SCOTTYDOESNOTHING Scottythefukwit
It might be sensible for ScottMorrisonMP to offer a generous compensation package to those who are adversely affected by the vaccine.His govt's shoddy treatment of the disabled makes people even more risk-averse.Also sensible would be to provide actual vaccines.He's incompetent
Is that what's called gaslighting?
“He pleads”? FFS. My local GP clinic is working its way thru the 80+s. They say they’ll take till end April. Then they’ll start on the 70+s. The people are READY. The government isn’t.
But what about the 13 children? Who were vaccinated with astra zenka,who were they & why?
I want the vaccine now, but where in the hell is it.
PM has to make sure the roll out goes ahead without any hiccups
Vaccinated with what!?! I’m in 2a - over 50 but no medical issues. How am I meant to get vaccinated when 1a and 1b haven’t been yet 🤷♀️
Its equally crucial to get people vaccinated under 50, with the new variants being the dominated virus now, which have the same high risks for those under 50 also with more contagious spread risks auspol
This headline is straight propoganda.
'I assure Australians that I will not be putting at risk the way we are living in this country, which is so different to the rest of the world today.' Did he change his mind? Or get advice from his marketing team? Or is he just confused & confusing?
Frankly PM we need a plan here. Less blabbing & more jabbing. The punters want a roadmap out here. vaccinerollout auspol
Morrison: Where's my vaccines, you plonker?
So he was lying when he said “Australians need to prepare”? ABC has turned into a protection racket 🙄... great
One doesn't need to be an anti-vaxxer to reject the AstraZeneca vaccine. It provides a false sense of security because it doesn't protect against the South African variant. auspol
There is no bloody vaccine to get vaccinated with!
Y do U do this? Y do U play along with Morrisons' 'quasi focus group' exercises? U let him throw bombs out into the public 2 test how they are received and are then complicit in his lies and PR as he back peddles. Meanwhile the public get distressed & become wary of govt
No rush, no Pandemic in Australia, I'm happy to wait a little longer to see the fallout if any? Vaccinate when needed
What is this headline? The PM is pleading with me to get a vaccine I can’t get because he hasn’t supplied it? What is this madness? What is this reporting?
My Mother in aged care had her first shot of Pfizer a month ago, second shot has been postponed due to shortage. Do we know what the ramifications are for not following prescribed timeline?
How, do we ‘get vaccinated’ ... not enough of either AZ of Pfizer available, or any other choices for that matter. Haven’t even been contacted by my GP clinic and I’m 1b
TheBigShip Well get us some vaccines then and .ScottMorrisonMP I want the Pfizer vaccine - just as you have already had (& ahead of essential front-line health & aged care workers) WheresTheVaccineMorrison ResignScottMorrison AuspolSoCorrupt
On a positive note, the debacle has brought us this
Yes, ScottMorrisonMP, I'm over 60 and I'll gladly get vaccinated .... with the Pfizer one ONLY! Exactly like you did. Fair? I think so.
I will be fully vaccinated by 5 May if the PM keeps up the AZ supply. No need to plead with me.
I’m all for getting vaccinated but only if it’s Pfizer, I will not risk the other one.
I’ve told my dad who is 71 he will not be getting the AZ vaccine. ScottyFromBullshitting got the better one and he is not more important than my fucking big toe
Over 50’s SCOMO LOL the vaccine is not available to people in 2a or 2b, lying straight to our faces and making it our fault and not yours the vaccine plan is a disaster ScottMorrisonMP Resign
Home quarantine by the END of the YEAR?! 'No hurry'?! This utter disregard for the pressing need of many Australian citizens to enter and leave the country is exactly why a complaint has been filed with the UN Human Rights Commission.
Where the bloody hell is the vaccine?
Pleads? Stupidly, I went online to check if something changed in the eligibility calculator. Nope, still not eligible apparently, despite the PM pleading from his poorly informed and well-vaccinated hideout.
I will wait and see how safe it is in 6 months and get a Pfizer only
Of course he isn't, with jobkeeper gone he won't be concerned until the next round of employment figures are released which will show the millions of people out of work
Let’s not forget that Morrison was happy to sacrifice lives for the economy until he was pulled into line by the states. Morrison wanted us dead. morrisonhastogo auspol
Nope. I'm not having Astra Zeneca. If Morrison who is over 50 got the Pfizer vaccine then I will have the better Pfizer vaccine as well thanks.
Again mixed messages why this headline highlighting 50 to 70 year Olds 'Scott Morrison 'in no hurry' to open borders as he pleads with Australians aged 50 to 70 to get vaccinated' Are the over 70's are the chosen ones to get Covid 19
Pfizer please. Not as worried about clots but I am about lack of efficacy against variants.
well as someone just turned 50 no thank you. I will wait till you bring in better vaccine alternative than AZ crap 🤔
If people under 30 or aged 44, 48 can get clots from AZ, what makes him think the virus knows when people are aged 50, 52, 54 .... so won't bother infecting them? More worried about The Economy with people waiting, hoping for a new vaccine to protect against different strains ...
He' pleading with us to get vacciated? We would if there was a vaccine available, especially one that was safe. That's right, Scott, we need a vaccine just like the one you got when you jumped in towards the front of the queue. LNPfail again
denniallen I'd love for my 60+ year old hubby with a heart condition to get vaccinated.....problem is, there's NO bloody vaccines.....!! We have family in UK & USA all have been vaccinated. So sick of ScottyFromMarketing & his bloody announcements....all talk no doing!
Do we get the same vax option he got
Can't get vaxed if we don't have the bloody vaccine! FFS...if he'd ordered it properly months ago we'd all be vaccinated by now but he made promises he didn't keep. Pleading with us to get vaccines with dodgy vaccine A-Z too I bet. Meanwhile he's been vaccinated with the best one
MiloWh007 Where is our Pfizer vaccine PM? ( like the one you had !) ScottMorrisonMP
The mob that had the Pfizer jab, tells us it's ok to take the risk with AZ. Risk outweighs the benefit. You are asking us to take a chance with OUR LIFE'S! Hypocrites. I Don't think so, try again ScottMorrisonMP What else do we not know yet about the AZ vaccine?
I’m over 60 but I can’t get the vaccine yet can I? How are we supposed to answer his plea?
He needs to facilitate the return of Australians NOW and stop prioritising immigration visas for the ultra-wealthy Prime Minister for who?
Thank goodness I have my German passport so I can escape whenever I need and want. Pity the people with only an Australian passport, waiting for the cage door to be opened by our Dear Leader.
So it’s another threat, is it by ScottyTheAnnouncer either get the vaccine or no going OS any time soon. Sorry but I’m ova 50 and I want Pfizer like u got scottythequeuejumper
Any time, I’m waiting
“On Sunday, Mr Morrison said it was essential people aged over 50 received the vaccine, which was readily available.” No it’s not. I’m 59 and am not eligible to be vaccinated until Phase 2a, whenever that will be ....
Well I'm 55 in good health so happy not to be vaccinated for know and leave boarders closed. Just have a patriotic holiday at home.
At 70, I’d be happy to get vaccinated but there are NO vaccines available where I live, nor, for that matter, is there any enhanced flu vax for my age group. SortItMorrison
My Dad’s doctor has said he can’t have AZ due to health issues. He said he will try and get him a Pfizer shot but they have had very few and no communication on when or if they will get them in. He’s 75. The borders shouldn’t open without strict quarantine till everyone is done.
He better not be! 🤨 We sacrificed much for the relative safety we get to enjoy in Australia! ✊
Pleads? He's the one who stuffed this up ffs
Pleading is no way to garner support.
He’s a fool.
Good. Reduced mass migration has been the only good thing come out of this whole mess.
Morrison has had over a year to sort this out. What a time to have an inept gov
Happy to take the vaccine but where the hell is it? In the meantime, UK and US making big strides into their program. Trump had the foresight to order the vaccines. Morrison screwed that up. Worse than Trump. Go figure
But only yesterday, it was open up. How can the over 50s get vaccinated when there are no vaccines available? mixedmessaging ScottyTheAnnouncer
He's lining up to blame the victims when he endangers us all. I am 2 years older than the woman who died after AZ vaccine; at no danger from COVID while the States are keeping us safe
Anyone who is advocating for this covidwall to continue is sacrificing me (Australian citizen) and my family (overseas) saying that I should not be allowed to be in the same country as my family because their own individual fears and health matters more than me or my family
Morrison went for the cheaper option for the plebs. Like everything they touch, go for the cheapest, but will end up costing more. Especially now so many people fearful of AZ.
'Not in a hurry to reopen borders' means that Australians whose family live overseas are dismissed and sacrificed for 'greater good'. We are in a hurry. Enough is enough
Then pm should stop granting visas and should stand forward and clear us (students) that you are not in a priority!! Why everyday there's different statements and giving false hopes when every intake comes ?
Pleading with everyone over 50 to get vaxd. What a joke. I'm in aged care & after being told we'd get Pfizer at work, then no only AZ, then none so find your own. BTW, what vax did he have?
Over 50’s to get the poison..! That way they’ll be able to confiscate our Super without much fuss😡!!!
Morrison’s mixed messages are making me dizzy (& irate) Does he have any idea what he’s doing from one hour to the next ?
Why doesn't he provide a safe vaccine? auspol
I'm over 50, happy to have AZ but gov website says I'm not eligible. This idiot needs to look at what information his gov is putting out. Plus it's BS that doses are sitting unused at GP's. My mum's 79 and has been trying for a month and can't find anyone near her with any
Every day is a new story.
Another backflip with a half pike. Boo this bully BelikeWA
Just let us out: I don't give a stuff about returning in a hurry.
fraud
50-70 year olds aren’t allowed the vaccine yet!!! What are you talking about ScottMorrisonMP
Should people in Australia over 50 be offered the PfizerVaccine ? ScottMorrison got it - he’s 52.
Vaccines or no vaccines, this country should only re-open borders to international visitors once a world wide reduction in infections can be verified. We’re a long way away from that. Until then, love living in Australia
There's not a word that comes from his mouth that I trust or have an ounce of faith in.
EU says PPL under 60 for Pfizer jab. But tight arse squattyfromphotoopps put all his eggs in one basket.
Don't trust anything he says.
GCobber99 I'll have the vaccine he had
I’ve had AZ and so has my 31 year old daughter and my whole family in UK.... all totally fine
I’m not getting vaccinated until there is some certainty from qualified medico’s not bullshit con artists who’s only job is to serve themselves on our $$$.
I’m 51 with a family history of heartdisease and am not getting vaccinated with AstraZeneca which has been linked to blood clots etc. Why is it good enough for ScottMorrisonMP to get the Pfizer jab - he’s 52. I’ll take it to court if I have to. COVID19Vaccine auspol
So much credibility with all he speaks. 🙄
Morrison unfit for leadership
Roll out out a safe vaccine, and I'll vaccinate... until then, stop blowing out hot air.... your bullshit doesn't wear with me....
That's not good enough. At least vaccinated people should be allowed to enter freely.
Here's a sample convo: 'Doc, can u tell me if it's true that the AZ vaccine is infinitely more likely to give me a fatal blood clot than an mRNA alternative?' Doc: 'Well yes, according to current evidence, that is correct.' 'When can I get Pfizer/Moderna?' Doc: '...'
If the vaccine hesitancy in these groups is that high move on to the next one. Some of us are gagging for it. What a privilege it is to say no thanks.
People aged 50 to 70 cannot get the vaccine yet.
The 52 year old 'PM' Scott Morrison wants over 50s to have the vaccine the khunt didn't get put in his 52 year old arm, oh and he wants to open the boarders and 10000 of thousands of infection he is willing to live with
Morrison has revolving door answers ... one day this next day that
Offer me Pfizer and I’ll be there in a flash. Why should the 50-70 group be forced to have the 2nd rate vaccine.
They should never have been closed in the first place. It's not right to just shut people out like that.