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Hansard

Wednesday, 23rd June 2021

COVID-19

Motions

Mr ALBANESE ( Grayndler — Leader of the Opposition ) ( 14:15 ): I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House:

(1) notes:

(a) there is a global pandemic;

(b) there have been at least 25 COVID outbreaks from hotel quarantine;

(c) fewer than three per cent of Australians are fully vaccinated;

(d) the Prime Minister had two jobs this year, to rollout the vaccine and establish a safe, national system of quarantine, and he has bungled both jobs;

(e) the outbreak in Sydney is worsening by the hour;

(f) new restrictions are being imposed on businesses and households;

(g) borders are slamming shut as Australia heads into school holidays;

(h) the Prime Minister says the vaccine rollout is not a race; and

(i) the NSW Premier said today "New South Wales has had a real sense of urgency in relation to the vaccine rollout. Until the vast majority of our population is vaccinated these threats will be real and ongoing"; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to urgently fix his bungled vaccine rollout and establish a safe, national system of quarantine.

Leave not granted.

Mr ALBANESE: I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately:

That the House:

(1) notes:

(a) there is a global pandemic;

(b) there have been at least 25 COVID outbreaks from hotel quarantine;

(c) fewer than three per cent of Australians are fully vaccinated;

(d) the Prime Minister had two jobs this year, to rollout the vaccine and establish a safe, national system of quarantine, and he has bungled both jobs;

(e) the outbreak in Sydney is worsening by the hour;

(f) new restrictions are being imposed on businesses and households;

(g) borders are slamming shut as Australia heads into school holidays;

(h) the Prime Minister says the vaccine rollout is not a race; and

(i) the NSW Premier said today "New South Wales has had a real sense of urgency in relation to the vaccine rollout. Until the vast majority of our population is vaccinated these threats will be real and ongoing"; and

(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to urgently fix his bungled vaccine rollout and establish a safe, national system of quarantine.

Mr Speaker, we needed more jabbings and less stabbings, but what we've got from this government—

The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. The Leader of the House.

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