Federal MP for Blaxland, Jason Clare, says the next few weeks are going to be really hard for a lot of people not allowed to go work – under the latest restrictions – and many will struggle to pay the bills.
He said people were angry and frustrated, but it didn’t have to be this way if those governments did their job.
“The people of western Sydney did not cause this mess, it’s happening because the State Government took too long to lock down Sydney and the Federal Government failed on the vaccine rollout,” he said.
He said if the State Government locked down sooner and stopped it in Bondi, people in Sydney’s west would not be suffering.
Mr Clare said he understood people’s frustrations but people must follow the health directions and called on everyone to listen to police, “it’s the only way out of this health nightmare”.
He also said Prime Minister Scott Morrison “stuffed up” the vaccine rollout.
“The Government has taken too long to buy enough vaccines to stop the virus running wild,” he said.
“We’re all paying the price for Scott Morrison’s incompetence.”
