Prime Minister Scott Morrison has blamed "unacceptable" failures in Victoria for deepening the coronavirus crisis as he comes under more pressure in Parliament over his response to infections in aged care.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says failures in hotel quarantine and contact tracing in Victoria led to the outbreak spreading.Mr Morrison insisted Australia had performed better in aged care than other countries and backed the Aged Care Minister, Richard Colbeck, against claims he had been sidelined.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese repeatedly challenged Mr Morrison over delays in the response at Victorian aged care homes including St Basil's and Epping Gardens, noting the 8 per cent figure meant more than 300 older Australians had lost their lives. "The leader of the opposition believes that in Victoria there is nothing going on when it comes to community transmission," Mr Morrison said.
Enough of the hotel quarantine fiasco, just feeling it’s time to open up the state again.
Because he’s an idiot.
Some like to complain about the PM who, with his party’s support have been doing the people good in a bad situation. Don’t only complain. Come up with constructive solutions/suggestions if you have problems with the Govt.
He’s gross. Quarantine is a federal responsibility and what about NSW and letting a bunch of infected tourists walk around Sydney Harbour.
No pressure on Fed govt re covid app failure? $100 million dud? Wtf?
ScottyTheCoward at it again! If my roof has a hole in it & it doesn’t leak when it isn’t raining it’s fine, but when it starts raining my house gets flooded! Is it the rains fault or my fault for not fixing the Fcucking Roof? ScottyFromMarketing LiarFromTheShire Auspol
Any distractions he can find he will promote no matter what. Usually blaming others, his number one go to. Scott Morrison your narrative does not ring true it is making your leadership look weak and redundant
Look at the rubbish in your own backyard before you start throwing it over the fence!
The Age what a disgraceful thing it’s become
QldProgressive Trying to avoid scrutiny of their massive branch stacking issues.
Daniel Andrews did not botch the hotel quarantine. It is unfortunate what happened but he shouldnt be blamed. He’s done a great job in a highly populated, hugely diverse city and state.
Behold the righteous fury of the Father of Our Nation! Pure in his intention and untouched by the stain of corruption, he has cast his heavenly judgement upon a godless communist and cast him into the flames of perdition!
This can’t be true can it ? The security company contracted to provide Hotel Quarantine was selected because it was Indigenous-owned. Not because it had demonstrated the resources, expertise and experience to perform
OddemocracyA Yet ScottMorrisonMP would not allow RubyPrincess inquiry gain evidence from the feds & u may ask why? cause he & Dutton were involved in the catastrophic release of COVID19 & the icing on the cake to ensure max impact, Aspen Med were instructed to go from ship RP to aged care!
OddemocracyA Kwality jernalism ...
OddemocracyA Aged Care and Quarantine are federal government responsibilities PM Morrison is a liar so must go to the backbench
Fool
He's still waiting for an advice from his boss (shame he doesn't hold his breath till he gets an answer)
That should frighten the virus out of Victoria.
Kick Andrews out
Mirror mirror on the wall this fool is the biggest failure of them all worst PM ever
Gloves are off!! About time
He is getting relentless now and the more he does this, the more people will begin to side with him because Victorians are getting tired. Morrison knows this. Stand firm and make up your own mind based on the facts not the politics. Victoria is a labor Commonwealth is liberal
that's what we need in our houses of parliament, Pit Bulls.
Finally a relief to hear the PM and his Ministers speak out about the appalling State of Victoria, created by an ineffective Dan Andrew's Government. Help us PM, our lives, our businesses our people are suffering. The personal cost of COVID-19 & Belt & Road too much to deal with.
So glad he is working hard to maintain the supportive, collegiate working relationship he craps on about the new National Cabinet being all about
IStandwithDan against News Corp CostelloFax & the crooked Coalition government.
ScottyFromMarketing can eat shit
Federal libs should tone it down , Victorians will punish them for their failures and constant undermining at the next election.
Perfect example of ‘the best form of defense is offense’! No better way to shake the blame... agedcare AgedCareCrisis auspol
Thanks for the support and constructive help as always PM.
IStandWithDan
Disaster Dan deserves all he gets. His leadership has been BAD and his governments process and governance a disaster Add to this his lack of democratic process and grab for power, then Victorians are scared this guys intentions are evil
When Daniel Andrews makes a mistake he takes ‘full accountability’, when Scott Morrison fucks up, he blames Daniel Andrews.
You were doing so well with this crisis after your fire fiasco - now you have shot yourself in the foot. Aged care is your responsibility. HQ has security guards in VIC & NSW which was discussed in National Congress. Politicising a pandemic- disgusting Mr Morrison. Like refugees.
oops, 'problems with hotel quarantining'? Didn't he mean NSW? ah, nope, always blame Labor first & apologise in fine print later...
Quarantine is a federal responsibility Quarantine is a federal responsibility Quarantine is a federal responsibility So, he's attacking himself? auspol
Well we don’t even know what’s going on in NSW - is ScottyFromMarketing helping with the cover up?
“We’re all in this together Australia” 🙄 They are acting like they are in opposition they are in government and have control. Use it to lead and make Australia a better place for the people!
The govt DOES give Billions to aged. The problem is not the money handed out.. it just not monitored .. you can’t hand out Billions and not hold private operators accountable for decent aged care in their facilities.. Yes there are many good providers but the very few are Corrupt
Can’t say PM Morrison is a team player! Doesn’t look like a leader using attack tactics on a state leader under enormous pressure to reduce the transmission of COVID in his state!
Simple ADF offered all States assistance with hotel quarantine. It worked in WA NSW Qland. Union pressured Dan not to use ADF, reported in the AGE. 99% of infections from failed hotel quarantine. That’s where aged care infection came from.
Pity he forgot to slam his dodgy Liberal mates Michael Sukar & Kevin Andrews & his lack of empathy for elderly Australians who have died under his watch in privately owned aged care homes. Scott Morrison is a nasty god botherer! LiarFromTheShire
DanLiedPeopleDied
The lazy, cowardly, incompetent, science denying young earth creationist QAnon troll of a PM said what? So how is NSW quarantine going SQott. ThisisNotJournalism
springst Michael O’Brien says each of Daniel Andrews “minions” is an uneducated amateur. O’Brien says every public service position should be declared vacant with current occupants ineligible to apply.
Hey Scummo! Quarantine is a federal government responsibility under the constitution. Why was it dumped on the states to deal with you useless parasite? whatthebloodyhellhappened
I would say Scotty is unacceptable myself.
ScottMorrisonMP never accepts responsibility. He always blames someone else. He's a disgrace.
Go and make another curry or go to the footy Scomo. That is your contribution to the pandemic.
If the Commonwealth government was prepared for pandemics and had dedicated facilities, reserve staff and a dedicated plan for quarantine of all cases in an outbreak, we would all have been better off.
The snake
The Numbers coming out from Victoria are questionable
Contract tracing but no mention of the utter failure of Morrison’s app?
Stop this game of blaming each other, hotel quarantine, cruise ships, aged care facilities....stop attacking and do your damn jobs, if you can. Politicians have sat on their fat bums taking huge salaries for so long and still they do nothing to of any importance, they are useless
This is shameful, PM need not have stooped to this level. Strength is in unity.
What a hypocrite and waste of space. Without state premiers like DanielAndrewsMP we would be dealing with a pandemic the scale of the US.
Did he also comment on the two quarantine hotel security guards that tested positive in nsw yesterday and the man that snuck out of a quarantine hotel in Sydney and caught a train to Newcastle!
Amazing how politicians believe that politics is a more important topic than the death of innocent people.
Love a man who has been MIA in all our emergencies, pointing the finger at others. Perhaps if the Fed govt provided a coordinated response we’d all be better off. Instead they paid for dodgy tests, apps and ads made by their mates and abrogated responsibility. Ask him about that
Deflections of his own appalling leadership
Pfffft. I reject the premise
As NSW shows, anyone could have had security guards who did the wrong thing. Then it got into aged care and spread rapidly. Horrible confluence of events.
Standard deflection and to get ya mates in.
Too easy to be critical
Morrison has failed in his pandemic response e.g. sidestepping taking ownership of quarantine (a definite federal domain under the constitution), no COVID-19 emerg mgmt plan for aged care sector. See below for more. Anyone who believes otherwise has been played by Murdoch media.
SaltwaterFix and I refer you to your comment before; so this is ok but Albo can’t say anything? 🤔
What about this ScottyFromMarketing 07 February 2020 Federal Dept Health Covid 19 Management Plan. 2nd last line. Yep thats right, strong management of our borders would have kept it out. Borders are Federal ole bud.
He is a true leader:) All his comments, management style, Agedcare failure, Hawaii holiday during Bushfire and this pandemic shows us 'All Australians are wrong but he is the only one right and correct'. He loves himself only. We need a person who loves us and Australia!!!!
300 deaths in federally run nursing homes due to Corona virus none in State run homes Federal guidelines too lax to protect health workers
So who his in charge?
darylgibson When Morrison and the rest of his lieutenants including Victorians Hunt and Frydenburgh attack IStandWithDan their also attacking the Victorians that have done the right thing. Their attack should be at the media and Vic LNP who undermined the stage 1 restrictions..
What a narcissist
And so will ScottMorrisonMP slam GladysB for the hotel mismanagement yesterday in sydney , guards at Marriott,RUBY princess , Newmarch House and Thai Rock Weatherill Park ? He’s a hypocrite. auspol
You gutless flea Morrison!
Perfect Morrison attacks Dan , what a joke fix up your own mess before you go after someone else .
Avoid his mistake with Age Care so throws spears at Andrews.
ScottyFromMarketing put greater restrictions on our democracy and parliament than he did aged care, let that sink in
I thought we were ‘ALL IN THIS TOGETHER’. OBVIOUSLY NOT!
What price one’s independence?
I’m genuinely concerned about the rhetoric on this issue. Morrison has failed us as Victorians and as a nation. His antics today only serve to embolden the conspiracy theorists and so-called libertarians. We’ve sacrificed so much in Victoria to get this beast under control.
I’m really sorry Gladys our Premier of NSW has accepted the responsibility of the Ruby Princess. We all know who is to blame, however is missing in action. To busy stopping other boats. As women Gladys we will stand with you. Don’t be bullied.
He is doing himself no favors sick of his antics. Get to work sort out aged care . Sick of blaming everyone else.
Watch and see if Scotty's state holds strong. This virus doesn't discriminate between party lines LiarFromTheShire
Not a single politician is capable of handling the job. Bunch of incompetent jokers.
Evil prick. M
Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten have made relentless attacks on the PM. Obviously no one even noticed.
ScottyFromMarketing is a one trick pony. Accept no responsibility. Unless it’s a good news story.
Has ScottyFromMarketing succeeded at anything?
Soooo we’re not all in this together?
Why bother with reason when you have aggression?
Angry
Oh yeah. How's COVID safe going? Glass houses, douche.
Haven’t felt one scrap of support from him he hasn’t made Vics feel Australian. He has made the hardest time in our lives worse by stoking the media farce, he has created so much more misery for us. Australians pull together in tough times, he f”&ks off. Not a leaders asshole.
Why is this virus running rampant in federally governed aged care facilities only? Cherry picking is dishonest and treats Australians as stupid. ScottMorrisonMP has done nothing but avoid responsibility since the beginning of the pandemic. auspol
What is this? Don’t buy his deflections, and don’t onsell it. Stop letting him get away with it. By all means criticise Andrews, but acknowledge and attack the real source. This kind of headline let’s him off the hook.
Scott Morrison is scared of how popular and admired Daniel Andrews is not only by Victorians but by a lot of Australians. Nothing Morrison says can deflect from his own bad performance as PM.
What about Scomo allowing flights to continue from the US bringing the most amount of cases and Ruby Princrs, both ultimately connect to his Hillsong mates. The Fires, the Aged Care disgrace, he’s just trying to follow Trumps distraction tactics, won’t work here buddy!
We weren't all in this together for very long, were we?
Does he have a conscience ?
ScottyTheGrannyKiller new hashtag
ScottMorrisonMP The blood is on your hands happy clapper....
nothing about NSW obviously
He's an absolute fucking prick! Using political pressure on a state that is under siege to hide his failed duty. We can see you! Responsible for the multiple deaths of innocent aged care residents. Washes his hand of all responsibility. It's not going away, look at NSW now.
screaming look over there makes it worse for himself (morrison ) the voting public want answers from the top that’s ScottyFromMarketing
Morrison represents the ugly underbelly of Australia’s delusion of mateship, kindness and support. A PM in time of crisis turning attack on states. Howard, Abbot, Morrison, Dutton, The MP from Kew. What are these people?
Once virus is inside then one can’t predict the course! Like the Gaurd who kept working in a different role despite Govt. messaging! Dan should have put all positive cases in locked facilities for 2-3 weeks then it may have been best solution-that would have been dictatorship.
ScottMorrisonMP
shootin4love So we're no longer all Melburnians now. Didn't last long.
CroweDM Aged Care is Federal Government department the pm can huff puff but its still a Fed Gov Dept you and he must of missed angry families on Tv who lost family re the federal Gov and aged care the Aus public know its Fed, Dept AgedCareCrisis
Just like a cornered rat. He’s guilty so now he attacks.
Who let the virus into Australia? Why US and Italy not banned early? Majority cases came from US returned travellers. All incoming travellers should have been tested and quarantined! Not just put in hotels. Bad plan made by National Cabinet. Quarantine is Federal responsibility!
shootin4love For a brief second thereI I thought he was talking about Gladys But of course not, she's a lib. Truth, honesty and fairness don't even rate a mention when you can choose to put the boot into an opponent instead I'm so sick and tired of this pathetic person ScottMorrisonMP
StavvieS 'quarantine, contact tracing and virus testing' You mean all victoriancho's responsibilities? Guess what he did about vital quarantine? 'No input' 3000+ cases later Economic, health & social chaos CHO chaos Nothing. Quite seriously, nothing
Keep digging Morriscum
Attack is the best line of defence
Walls closing in on you, eh Scotty ? ⌛️🧓🏻🎶
strike back with ruby princess, age care and darwin port
I don't hold the hose (bushfires), pandemic response is a state responsibility (aged care), ruby princess is NSW Health's problem... How did this guy get to be a leader of anything?
The public are sick & tired of his deflections. He needs to take some responsility before he starts mud-slinging.
Gloves come off as Teflon Scotty shows his true character, especially when the attack is on him. This could get ugly.
You piece of garbage morrison
ScoMo sounds stressed, perhaps he needs another holiday in Hawaii?
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Perhaps it has to do with the mass casualisation of jobs? Federal problem right there
What a fucking joke of a person. Scum of the earth.
I’m starting to think Scomo needs to let rip on the power trippier Danny Dick Ears...
The smirk and shirk.
So does the federal government only regulate aged care in Victoria? Because this is only a Victorian issue.
PM wants responsibility taken needlessly whereas PM never does on any matter. PM is the original blame shifter.
Fined for being 1m off his property... the police are pigs... And to think we put blue ribbons up in solidarity for when 4 of them got killed... maybe ANTIFA and BLM have it right? DANS goons
How good is Twitter! Love the comment's it gives the lefty nutters a platform lol
An attack on an effective state premier from someone of the PMs caliber is well, marketing gone wrong. He didn’t hold a hose and certainly didn’t care about the nursing home residents or school children.
Covid 19 didn’t cause pressure sores,dehydration and no access to showers for Nursing Home Residents. Royal Commission knows Federal Gov is responsible but didn’t care. Blaming Vic Gov doesn’t work,they were supposed to be preparing for what happened.The preparing wasn’t done.
Won't win Morrison a single vote in Victoria. All these job losses are mounting. They won't vote Liberal next federal election. I think Morrison is cooked.
And the empty husk of the so-called 'leader' of our country unashamedly, but not unsurprisingly, offloads accountability and responsibility yet again. What a failed marketing man, PM and human being this craven flog ScottyFromMarketing is
He can attack Victoaria all he wants. His attempts at distracting the public are wearing thin. AgedCare is a federal responsibility. Morrison could fix it if he wanted too. But he doesn’t...
Hahha Scott Morrison defecting his age care Fup
Um yep! Fucking deluded is ScottMorrisonMP
So much for National Cabinet ScottMorrisonMP COVID19Aus auspol
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