Victorians trapped in the midst of its fourth lockdown disaster are bracing for more pain after enduring a week of lies and blunders from their overbearing government.
Two Covid cases in Victoria s latest outbreak declared false positives
Commentator Peta Credlin blasted the government for being incompetent
She asked why the Victorian government doesn t pay it s newly jobless residents
Accused the contact tracers of not being able to cope with minimal daily cases
The Department of Health said on Thursday night the cases were retested
The Queensland lockdown will begin at 11.59pm on Thursday after the state recorded 11 new cases linked to the City of Whittlesea outbreak overnight taking the total cases to 26.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has copped a grilling from the ABC s Leigh Sales over the glacial pace of Australia s Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
The government had declared on February 16 that all aged care facilities would be fully vaccinated by March 30 - but now heading into June and with Victoria about to undergo a snap seven-day lockdown, the promise has not yet delivered.
The veteran ABC reporter asked Hunt if it would be his head or the aged care minister s that would roll in the wake of the debacle. 74 still to go? , she said during the fiery 7:30 interview. You said on 16th February that it would take six weeks. We know these are the most vulnerable people in the country based on the deaths data that we saw last year, how can 74 places not have been vaccinated yet?
Acting Premier James Merlino has announced Victoria will be entering a seven-day lockdown from 11.59pm tonight, Thursday 27 May, until 11.59pm, Thursday.