Labor continues to point finger at PM over Victorian outbreak

Federal Labor continues to point the finger at the prime minister for Victoria’s latest outbreak, arguing lacklustre vaccination rates are at the heart of the growing cluster. Victoria recorded 26 locally-acquired cases coming from Melbourne’s northern suburbs cluster, but concerns heightened after the list of exposure sites numbered over 70 across the entire state. Labor heavyhitters such as Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Kenneally took aim at Prime Minister Scott Morrison over vaccination rates in Victoria. “About half of the people who are over 70 are vaccinated – that’s one of our most vulnerable groups,” she said. “We’ve got aged care facilities where they haven’t got a single dose”. Labor also targeted the prime minister during Question Time on Wednesday blaming him for the recent outbreak, but Mr Morrison attacked the opposition for its lack of bipartisanship when fighting the pandemic. “That’s what we’ve seen from the Labor Party all the way through this; in every opportunity when they’re tested, they’d rather fight the Liberal Party, fighting those Tories,” Mr Morrison said. “Which is the reason why the leader of the Labor Party came here - didn't come here to work together to get solutions, he just came here to fight, and fight the Tories”. Labor MP Josh Burns refuted the prime minister’s claims on Wednesday and said the opposition just wants the government to “get this right”. “It’s so frustrating that the federal government have been happy with this sludge like approach where they’ve just been happy to throw away targets and not absolutely doing everything they can to vaccinate Australians,” he said. Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au