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Morrison coy on border closures but warns states responsible for outcomes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has remained coy on his position on state governments yet again slamming their borders shut to New South Wales and Victoria over concerns of growing coronavirus case numbers. Mr Morrison defended jurisdictional authorities for implementing changes to restrictions on the grounds of public health concerns, arguing the moves were not designed to divide Australia but rather to keep Australians safe. "Now each state and territory has - over the course of the pandemic - had their own approaches from time to time, particularly when it comes to borders. I welcome the approach we have seen from Queensland most recently. They have adopted that hotspot around Greater Sydney," he said. "I think people know my view about the great approach the Northern Territory has taken for all throughout this crisis. They identify hot spots and they come on and off the list and I think that has proven to be a very effective way. "State governments are elected by the people of their states to exercise their responsibilities when it comes to the public health of people in their state." Mr Morrison said while he would like to see "greater consistency" between the states' pandemic management, premiers and governments were ultimately responsible for their state's response in the case of an outbreak. "I can have whatever view I may wish to have, but ultimately, they are responsible for those things and I have to respect the authority they have derived from their own electoral processes in making those decisions," he said. "We are moving towards a vaccine in the new year and I think that will obviously change the parameters for everybody but that will take some time as we move through its distribution across the community." The Prime Minister did implore states to carefully consider balancing the risk of COVID-19 and its transmission against the disruption to people's lives when making quick decisions, warning they would ultimately be held accountable for outcomes. "The roadmap doesn't change. The roadmap always has, as its goal, to get all of these things lifted. I would hope that as quickly as the states have looked to put things in place, they would move as quickly once the risk subsides," he said.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has remained coy on his position on state governments yet again slamming their borders shut to New South Wales and Victoria over concerns of growing coronavirus case numbers. Mr Morrison defended jurisdictional authorities for implementing changes to restrictions on the grounds of public health concerns, arguing the moves were not designed to divide Australia but rather to keep Australians safe. "Now each state and territory has - over the course of the pandemic - had their own approaches from time to time, particularly when it comes to borders. I welcome the approach we have seen from Queensland most recently. They have adopted that hotspot around Greater Sydney," he said. "I think people know my view about the great approach the Northern Territory has taken for all throughout this crisis. They identify hot spots and they come on and off the list and I think that has proven to be a very effective way. "State governments are elected by the people of their states to exercise their responsibilities when it comes to the public health of people in their state." Mr Morrison said while he would like to see "greater consistency" between the states' pandemic management, premiers and governments were ultimately responsible for their state's response in the case of an outbreak. "I can have whatever view I may wish to have, but ultimately, they are responsible for those things and I have to respect the authority they have derived from their own electoral processes in making those decisions," he said. "We are moving towards a vaccine in the new year and I think that will obviously change the parameters for everybody but that will take some time as we move through its distribution across the community." The Prime Minister did implore states to carefully consider balancing the risk of COVID-19 and its transmission against the disruption to people's lives when making quick decisions, warning they would ultimately be held accountable for outcomes. "The roadmap doesn't change. The roadmap always has, as its goal, to get all of these things lifted. I would hope that as quickly as the states have looked to put things in place, they would move as quickly once the risk subsides," he said.
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